The group pet prince is a full-scale boss

Chapter 124 Banquet
On the banks of the West Lake, there are more than a dozen royal gardens such as Jujing, Zhenzhu, Nanping, Jifang, Yanxiang, and Yuhu. The beautiful scenery has its own characteristics, which makes up for the lack of space in the palace.

In summer, the emperor would bring his harem concubines to live in the courtyard to escape the summer heat, and also hold banquets in the garden.

Not only the royal family, but also many dignitaries bought a garden on or near the lake as a place for leisure and play.

It is said that "the houses on the lake are connected, and the city is not reduced." Some poets wrote, "One color building is thirty miles away, and I don't know where to find a lonely mountain."

It can be seen that the gardens are prevalent on the banks of the West Lake, which is not much worse than that in the city.

Uncle He's driving skills are nothing to say, the carriage came out of Baominfang and went straight to Qingbo Gate in the west of the city. After leaving the city, it was not far from the West Lake, and soon arrived at Jujing Garden.

The Jujing Garden has been guarded by the imperial guards for a long time. Fortunately, Bai Mengjin has a badge to enter and exit the garden.

Water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are good at waterscapes, and the same is true for gardens, where stones are stacked to manage water, water and stones are in harmony, and various flowers and trees are planted throughout.

The tall trees are used to hide the hot sun, and the simple and beautiful tree shapes are planted for appreciation, supplemented by the colors and fragrances of flowers, fruits, and leaves.

Many osmanthus trees are planted in the Jujing Garden. August is the season of sweet-scented osmanthus, and all kinds of osmanthus are blooming in the garden.

As soon as you enter the garden, it is full of fragrant osmanthus fragrance. The fragrance of the flowers is refreshing. Walking in it makes people feel very comfortable.

Bai Mengjin looked at the various colors of osmanthus flowers blooming in the garden, and thought inwardly that it was a pity, if there was a chance to pick some, how about making a pot of osmanthus wine, or making some osmanthus cakes?
Forget it, even if she had the chance, she didn't have the time, so it was useless to think too much.

While thinking, he led a few girls straight to the temporary kitchen in the garden.

On the kitchen side, Ouchi's imperial chef has arrived long ago and is preparing for today's banquet.

In this kind of banquet, few people actually come to eat. In front of the emperor and empress, how many people can open their stomachs and eat Hesai?It's just a taste of it.

Especially female relatives, who should not pay attention to their image and manners?It's embarrassing to bow your head and eat fiercely in front of so many people, isn't it?

Because of this, the dishes and snacks for this banquet should not be large in quantity, but exquisite.

Corn and sweet potatoes are food for the common people to satisfy their hunger. Ordinary people don't pay much attention to it. It doesn't matter whether it is pancakes or steamed buns, as long as they can be eaten.

But for the emperor and these high-ranking officials to eat, it is obviously not good to do so, and you still have to pay attention to it.

Otherwise, these people are used to rich clothes and rich food, and they might not be able to swallow some rough corn pancakes out of the blue.

In order to be accepted by these nobles, Bai Mengjin thought about it, soaked the corn dregs yesterday, and planned to use a mill to push some of the water to make cornmeal steamed cakes, corn cakes, and corn pancakes.

Of course, there are also corn cakes and steamed buns that ordinary people eat, but the amount is smaller, so you can taste them as you like.

In addition to these, there are big ballast porridge, small ballast porridge, cornmeal porridge, and sweet potato porridge, steamed sweet potatoes, and roasted sweet potatoes.

These can be used as food to fill the stomach, and it is also the easiest way for ordinary people to accept.

As for corn with pine nuts, candied sweet potatoes, double melons braised in honey, etc., they are not something ordinary people can eat.

Of course, vermicelli, the main event, is also indispensable. There are many things that can be made, such as stewed fish head noodles, ants climbing trees, hot and sour noodles, hot and sour cabbage noodles, fried sweet potato noodles, etc., no matter how thick or thin the noodles are, you can make them All kinds of delicious.

You can also use vermicelli mixed with vegetables to make steamed dumplings, buns, etc. Anyway, there are many tricks.

Since the emperor said that everything will be arranged by Bai Mengjin, let's do whatever he wants. Anyway, the banquet is not only about these things, you can eat other things if you don't like it.

As soon as Bai Mengjin arrived in the kitchen, everyone who was busy inside hurried over to salute, "My villain pays homage to the princess."

These people have all received orders from the emperor, and they know that everything will be arranged by Bai Mengjin today, so they are very respectful.

"Excuse me, everyone. You don't need to be too polite." Bai Mengjin nodded.

"Today's banquet is very important. I was ordered by the officials to use new grains such as corn and sweet potatoes to make some food.

These are the things that ordinary people eat, and now they have to serve the nobles. It is really difficult to prepare, so please be more careful. "

Bai Mengjin made it clear to these people at the beginning, so that no one would be careless and it would be bad if something went wrong.

"Don't worry, the Princess, we will definitely obey the Princess' orders, and everything will be under the instructions of the Princess." Everyone responded hurriedly.

"There are many dishes required for the banquet, so we can't just point at them all. Half of the staff will cook with me, and the rest of the staff will prepare as usual for the banquet."

Bai Mengjin glanced at the people in front of her. She brought all the girls around her, plus half of the staff here, it was enough.

The kitchen steward immediately followed Bai Mengjin's instructions, assigning half of the staff to follow Bai Mengjin, and then Bai Mengjin asked Bai Wei Baizhi and others to lead the assigned people, and started busy making all kinds of food.

"Princess, do you need any help? Just say, I have plenty of people here." At some point, Song Yucheng also came over.

Bai Mengjin turned her head and saw Song Yucheng standing at the door with a clean body, so she nodded to him.

"It's okay here. The Duke was guarding here last night. If you haven't had a good rest, you won't bother the Duke."

Song Yuchen was here last night, and Bai Mengjin couldn't come over to change his dressing. Fortunately, the wound on his left shoulder has healed, so it should be fine.

"It's okay, there is nothing left and right, it's good to stay here with the princess, after all, this is an errand sent by the government, I dare not neglect."

Song Yucheng said this to those people in the kitchen.

Today's banquet is very important, and it is related to Bai Mengjin's reputation and face. Song Yuchengjiu is worried that if someone interferes with it and ruins today's banquet, he must personally watch over it.

Song Yucheng insisted on staying, and Bai Mengjin couldn't push people away, so he let him go, as long as it didn't delay everyone's work.

Bai Mengjin is very organized in her work. She has already organized the things to be done today into a table. The approximate time required for each item and the order of each dish are all clearly marked.

As long as you follow it, there won't be any big problems. Anyway, she is here to take care of it, and she can deal with it in time if there is anything.

With Bai Mengjin and Song Yucheng as supervisors, how could those imperial cooks dare to neglect?Do everything according to Bai Mengjin's orders.

Bai Wei, Bai Zhi, and the others have been with Bai Mengjin for many years, and they are very familiar with these things. With them taking care of them, the imperial cooks quickly followed suit.

Immediately, I saw that the kitchen was in full swing, and everyone was busy, but they were busy but not chaotic.

After a while, various aromas began to waft out, especially the roasted sweet potatoes in the oven over there, exuding bursts of tempting sweet aroma.

Song Yucheng sniffled, sighing in his heart, he has been craving this taste for many years.

"Princess, do you still have sweet potatoes in your house? Send me some later. I think the roasted sweet potatoes in the stove must be delicious. Go back and make some."

　Today is New Year's Eve, I wish you a happy new year, everything goes well in the new year, every day is good, the cow turns Qiankun, and everything goes well.

　　
　
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