Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 95
"Second brother, can this be eaten?" Feng Daihuo asked while looking at the lobster and crab that Feng Daiwen was holding.

"Hey, these are rare delicacies, you will know when you make them later." Feng Daiwen said with a smile.

"Then what is this black thing, can it be eaten?" Feng Daihuo asked.

"Fifth brother, as long as it is alive, you can eat it. Some poisonous things are delicious without the poisonous part, but you can't eat them randomly. This black one is called sea cucumber. It is a treasure in the sea like the abalone just now, and it is even more rare. It is very beneficial to the body. By the way, Yi Guogong is not in good health. Eating more sea cucumbers has the effect of nourishing blood. Save some for us to eat at night, and send the rest together with sea water. This can be used to cook porridge or stew. "Feng Daiwen said.

"Okay, second brother," Feng Daihuo agreed and took him away.

Feng Daiwen admired the wood for a while, and then saw the eldest grandson Yongrong walking beside Li Shimin, Guang An wearing a long purple dress and supporting Li Yuan, when he saw Feng Daiwen from afar, he smiled happily, Feng Daiwen quickly stepped forward to salute: " I have seen Grandpa Huang, "

"Okay, okay, it's all from my family, so don't be too polite, just show me what good things are there," Li Yuan said annoyedly without waiting for Feng Daiwen to finish saluting.

Feng Daiwen had no choice but to smile at Li Shimin and the others: "Grandfather, saint, please come here, princess, some of these were brought by my fifth younger brother to cut them down, and some were dedicated to the princess by various ethnic groups in Lingnan."

"That's right, it's good wood, all of which are nanmu and sandalwood?" Li Yuan asked after looking at it.

"I don't know about this grandson, so I'll let someone introduce it to Grandpa Huang." Feng Daiwen said, and then called Taimu for him to introduce.

"This is Taimu in Taijia Village in Lingnan. It was originally a descendant of Luban. It brought people from Lingnan to make furniture for the princess." Feng Daiwen called Taimu and introduced.

"Taimu, but the descendant of Gongshu Ban who has eyes but does not recognize Mount Tai's disciples," the eldest grandson asked after Taimu finished saluting.

"Go back to your mother, that's right," Taimu replied respectfully.

"Okay, tell me about these wood materials." Li Yuan took the words and said with a wave of his arm.

"Back to the Supreme Emperor, most of the sandalwood from Yazhou here is oily, beautiful in texture, and has a delicate fragrance. It is a rare treasure. Caomin has never seen a more beautiful wood than this. The furniture made must be It's perfect, and the sandalwood itself is insect-proof, and the fragrance has a calming effect." Taimu pointed to a broken piece of wood and introduced.

Li Yuan knelt down and touched it with his hands, and sniffed it vigorously, saying: "Yes, this pattern is comfortable to look at, it feels smooth like a baby, and the fragrance is light but not pungent. It is indeed a rare treasure. Let me talk about other things."

Taimu took out a piece of paper and introduced: "These marked ones are donated by other tribes. There are 999 roots of Yazhou sandalwood, which means that the princess is forever, and 580 roots of golden nanmu. This is the local mountain forest in Lingnan. The selected big trees, Aizhou and other places sent a kind of blood sandalwood, its color is blood red, there are 217 trees, and 69 trees are rare things sent by each cottage, there are 13 pieces of mink, tiger 2 skins and 3 bear skins, please check with the princess."

The eldest grandson was very happy for his daughter. He took the list and handed it to Guang'an, saying, "This is all dedicated to you by the common people. Just keep it. You can't let everyone down."

Guang'an blushed and lowered his head to take the list and said: "Everything is according to the Queen Mother's wishes."

When Feng Daiwen saw Li Yuan, Li Shimin stared at him unkindly, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Grandfather, saint, look, there is too much wood, how about making a batch of furniture for the palace."

"Cough, cough, I'm getting old, and I can't fall asleep all the time recently," Li Yuan said with a cough.

Feng Daiwen heard Xuan Zhiya, and quickly said with a smile: "How about building a few big beds first."

"The construction of the Princess Mansion is too slow, I think the Ministry of Household Affairs should send more people," Li Yuan said with satisfaction.

"Thank you, Grandpa Huang, it happened that Lingnan sent some treasures from the sea, and everyone just tasted them today," Feng Daiwen said sincerely.

"Oh, you really must taste it." Li Yuan said with bright eyes.

Opposite the Princess Mansion is Feng Daiwen's Hou's Mansion. Feng Daiwen, who went back to the mansion first, saw Yaya standing at the door as soon as he entered. When he saw Feng Daiwen, his eyes lit up, he smiled sweetly, trotted up and took Feng Daiwen's arm and said: "Second Young Master, you are back,"

Feng Daiwen looked at Yaya in surprise, and said with a happy smile: "How long has it been since you arrived, why didn't you tell me in advance, so I can pick you up too,"

"I just came back for a while and wanted to surprise the second young master, so I didn't say in advance that Taoist Xuanzhen is back, and we brought back a lot of cotton." Yaya dragged Feng Daiwen and chattered non-stop.

"Well, take a good rest when you come back, I'll give you free food today." Feng Daiwen nodded and said.

"Okay, the food made by the second young master is the best," Yaya was very happy, and followed Feng Daiwen to the kitchen without resting.

When Feng Daiwen came to the kitchen, he asked to clean the crabs, abalones, and lobsters with a brush. The sea cucumbers were also washed with salt and then soaked in clean water. Of course, steamed crabs are the best. With a little wild mushroom, the porridge is not only fragrant, but also smooth and delicious.

Steam a part of the abalone, cut some garlic, and add a vinegar dish, just thinking about it makes your mouth water. Of course, stir-fry the lobster and sea cucumber. There is no chili, just use dogwood instead, and mustard ground into powder from mustard seeds, Chinese prickly ash , plus ginger, "Well, there are so many people, why not make hot pot," thinking that I haven't eaten hot pot for a long time, I can't help but feel greedy.

Let people move out the large square table. In fact, there were square tables in ancient times. Not everyone ate together like nobles, but they were not big. In order to match the high stools, Feng Daiwen’s family used large square tables, and called craftsmen to take them out in the middle of the table. Open a hole, move the stove over, put an iron pot on it, and the hot pot will be freshly baked.Quickly let someone kill an old hen, stew it in a pot, take some fish like sea fish, remove the head, internal organs, and scales, Feng Daiwen stared at it and washed it several times before he was sliced, and all internal organs were thrown out and buried After all, Feng Daiwen didn't know what kind of fish they were, so he didn't dare to eat them, but the fish was definitely fine.

The old hen has been boiled for half an hour. The top of the soup is a layer of yellow oil droplets, and the bottom is snow-white broth. Put dogwood, pepper, ginger, garlic in the soup, and simmer for a while, a pot of delicious hot pot soup it came out.

How can you eat hot pot without beef? It just so happens that there are some in Fuchu, and slice them for later use. It’s too late to eat pork kidneys. You can’t eat less meat, slice them all, and you can’t have meat without vegetables, radish, cabbage (that is, cabbage), leeks, and mallow. Vegetables, wild mushrooms, eggplant (it was called Kunlun Purple Melon in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it is said that it was named after Yang Guang), and the dishes are very rich. Fortunately, it is October, and there are not so many vegetables at a later date.

"Garlic dish, soy sauce, vinegar dish, mustard, all ready, hehe," Feng Daiwen said happily to himself looking at the seasonings prepared in front of him.

(End of this chapter)