Chapter 1665: Spirits are the best(1/2)
Outside the Taihe Hall of the Dashu Palace, the eunuchs and maids were very busy. Some were following orders, and some were carrying food boxes to serve dishes. Everyone looked nervous.
They all know that sitting here today are not only the civil servants and generals of this dynasty, but also His Royal Highness the King of Jin of the Song Dynasty, as well as civil and military officials of all sizes. They know that these people are not here as guests, but here to grab territory!
They have received accurate news. Now most of the cities in the Great Shu Kingdom have been occupied by the Song Army, and now the country has been surrendered by their own emperor himself! Many people even thought of the idiom of opening the door and bowing to the robbers!
It seems that these people wearing armor, swords hanging from their waists, with fierce faces, and speaking with Central Plains accents are the generals of the Song Dynasty. After tonight, they will take over everything here!
Almost everyone has mixed feelings in their hearts. They know that their destiny will once again be rewritten.
Rewritten by these Song people!
They were both frightened and confused as to where they would go in the future! The palace maids were better off. They were expelled from the palace and had to either go home or get married. But as eunuchs, they naturally could only stay in the palace, but now in the Kingdom of Shu
After surrendering, the King of Shu is no longer the emperor, and this place will no longer be a palace. Naturally, it is impossible for eunuchs like them to stay here.
If the Emperor of the Song Dynasty opened his eyes and allowed the Song Dynasty Palace to accept them, although their food and clothing problem would be solved, it would also involve other problems, such as leaving their hometown and being in a different place. The homesickness would inevitably be worrying, and it would make people worry more.
In the days to come, people will look up to them even more! After all, they are eunuchs who have subjugated their country! Eunuchs have no dignity. Wouldn’t it be true that eunuchs who have subjugated their country will make people step into the mud and never be able to stand up?
Many people can only sigh silently in their hearts at the misery of their fate!
They served these dignitaries carefully, and no one dared to breathe loudly, for fear that they would be killed if they were not careful!
As the saying goes: The master will humiliate his ministers to death!
The Emperor of Shu was dragged down from the clouds to the earthly world overnight from the majestic position of the Supreme Emperor, and became the king of the subjugated country. He was a minister of the Song Dynasty and was lost to everyone! The gap in his identity transformation was really too big.
Got it!
No one believed that Emperor Shu's mood was really as calm as the expression on his face!
Everyone was convinced that no matter how calm and calm Emperor Shu looked on the surface, his heart was definitely full of ups and downs! He was definitely full of grievances, anger, hatred, and unwillingness!
As long as any mistake occurs on the scene, the people of the Song Dynasty may be dissatisfied and use the topic to beat and insult the Shu Emperor! Once the Shu Emperor is beaten or insulted, he will naturally become angry and ashamed! Then the eunuch or palace maid who accidentally made the mistake can only
Consider yourself unlucky!
At least thirty canes!
Not dead but also crippled!
So no one wants to be the unlucky guy!
Zhao Guangyi and Meng Chang's dining tables are placed side by side, facing south and facing the same direction. Zhao Guangyi sits at the east end and Meng Chang sits at the west end. There is a distance of one foot between them.
The food tables for officials from the Song Dynasty and those from Shu were arranged on the east and west sides, facing each other, and arranged in sequence from north to south. The officials from both sides corresponded exactly one to one. Thirty people from the Song Dynasty were present, so thirty people from Shu were also sent.
people attended.
On the east side, King Feng Jiuxiao was the leader, followed by Wang Quanbin, Liu Guangyi and others.
On the west side, Li Hao, the Prime Minister of Shu, is the leader, with Meng Xuanzhe in the second place, Situ Zhao Jiliang in the third place, and the officials behind him sit in order according to their official positions.
Thirty food tables are lined up in a row, like a long dragon. The one farthest from Emperor Shu is already more than thirty feet away!
Zhao Guangyi looked at the food table in front of him. The carvings on the table were exquisite and continuous. There was no trace of splicing. It was actually carved from a whole piece of golden nanmu! He immediately smiled and said: "The King of Shu really knows how to enjoy life.
Ah, such a complete piece of golden nanmu is probably worth a lot of money, right?"
Meng Chang smiled calmly, "Yes! I used to think that the expensive ones were good, but now that I think about it, it's a bit naive and makes His Highness laugh!"
Zhao Guangyi laughed and said: "How dare you! The pursuit of glory and wealth is a normal dream for a man, how can it be childish? I also dream of one day being able to use such an expensive dining table, but it is a pity that I am poor! Haha!" Many ministers of the Shu Kingdom couldn't help but express their expressions.
There was a slight change, and it seemed that Zhao Guangyi had something to say, as if he was digging a hole, and he couldn't help but start to worry about whether Meng Chang would fall into the hole.
Meng Chang remained calm and said with a smile: "The King of Jin is joking. Now that the iron cavalry of the Song Dynasty is sweeping the world, the Song Emperor will soon become a peerless figure like Emperor Qin, Han Wu, and Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. He dominates the world and is rich all over the world. How can he be poor?
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Zhao Guangyi looked into Meng Chang's eyes, suddenly laughed and said: "What the King of Shu said makes sense, it suddenly dawned on me!" As he said that, he raised the wine glass on the table, and there was already wine in the glass.
"This glass is for the King of Shu!" He raised his neck and drank the wine!
Before the imperial decree of canonization from Emperor Song arrived, Zhao Guangyi first called Meng Chang by the name of King of Shu!
A spiciness burned all the way down his throat, "Good wine, strong enough!" Zhao Guangyi felt that the wine was as spicy as burning a knife. The wine was really strong, and his esophagus seemed to really burn!
But the aroma of wine is overflowing, but it is mellower and longer than Shaodaozi, and the aftertaste is endless. It is definitely higher than Shaodaozi by countless grades!
The King of Jin did it first, so naturally no one dared to neglect him. Officials from Shu and Song Dynasty raised their necks to kill him one after another. Many people's faces immediately twisted and showed pain after drinking!
This wine is too strong!
Although Wang Quanbin, Liu Guangyi and other generals of the Song Dynasty usually drank heavily, this was the first time in their lives that they drank such strong alcohol!
They once drank Shaoxing Nuerhong from the Southern Tang Dynasty. The wine was extremely sweet and soft. If the wine was not limited, each of them could probably drink ten jars and eight jars without any problem!
But after drinking a glass of strong wine, I felt a bit drunk on the spot, and I felt top-heavy and in a state of ecstasy. I guess I had to lie down after five glasses of wine!
Feng Jiuxiao slowly put down the glass of wine and was thinking about it when she heard Zhao Guangyi laugh and say, "Does the deputy envoy know the origin of this wine?"
Meng Chang had been guessing about the identity of this young man who was respectfully given the first seat by the King of Jin. When he suddenly heard him mention "Sir Deputy Envoy", he suddenly understood!
Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said: "This wine has an outstanding sauce aroma, is mellow and clean, elegant and delicate, has a long aftertaste, and has a long-lasting aroma in the empty cup. It is definitely the best wine and the best choice!"
Meng Chang smiled and said: "It seems that the deputy envoy is a man who knows how to drink!"
Zhao Guangyi smiled and said: "Where is this? If you can only taste the wine, what does it mean? The deputy envoy can also taste what kind of wine it is!"
The King of Shu was startled!
He couldn't help but find it incredible, even all the officials of the Shu Dynasty found it incredible!
The King of Shu suddenly raised the jade cup, smelled it, and felt the strong fragrance. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, if he were the deputy envoy, how could he tell what kind of wine was in the jug with just one sip?
What? Even he didn't know what kind of wine was being served today! He only asked Eunuch Liu to serve the best wine and the best dishes to meet the highest welcome standards and not let the king of Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty find fault.
In his opinion, Mianzhu's Jiannan Shaochun and Shehong's Tuopai Spring Wine are both similar. Take a sip of spicy mouth, and drink too much. It's very beautiful! It's so unpleasant to feel dizzy! He couldn't help but look at Eunuch Liu,
Eunuch Liu looked at Meng Chang and quickly approached to whisper, but Feng Jiuxiao waved her hand and said, "This wine comes from Erlang Town, Gulin County, right?"
Eunuch Liu was immediately shocked!
Simply unbelievable!
As soon as Meng Chang saw Eunuch Liu's expression, he knew that Feng Jiuxiao had guessed it right!
"How did the deputy envoy know about the existence of this wine? He is truly a man of gods!" Meng Chang couldn't help but raise his thumb!
All the civil servants and generals of the Shu Kingdom also had expressions of disbelief on their faces! Although all the major dynasties had business contacts at this time, I had never heard of cross-border wine sellers! The main reason was that transportation was difficult and the freight was high, especially the wine jars were fragile.
The bodyguard didn't dare to take the order! Unless he added money!
The people of Shu fell into
Zhao Guangyi saw it and was happy in his heart!
He just wanted to take the opportunity of Feng Jiuxiao's wine tasting to give Shu a heavy blow and make them completely surrender to the power of the Song Dynasty!
When Zhao Guangyi mentioned the matter of wine tasting, Feng Jiuxiao knew that Xiao Jiujiu was in his heart, and there was no harm in cooperating with him, so he deliberately made shocking remarks, without hesitation and humility, directly pointed out that this wine came from Erlang Town!
Meng Chang smiled and said, "Have you ever been to Chengdu before, deputy envoy?"
"came!"
"Have you ever drunk wine from Erlang Town?"
"I drank it! But I didn't drink it in Chengdu! I drank it in Hengyang! A friend of mine's house!"
"Oh? Sir, you actually have friends like us..." Meng Chang turned to look at Eunuch Liu. Eunuch Liu agreed and immediately said: "Chinese wolfberry sauce wine!" Meng Chang immediately said: "Yes, wolfberry sauce wine, Hengyang Li"
I'm afraid this place is more than five thousand miles away, but your friend actually has this wine in his house. I'm afraid it took a lot of effort, right?"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "That's right! My friend loves to collect wine. He has a collection of wine from all over the world! It's a pity that he doesn't like to drink, so I drank all his wine!"
Meng Chang laughed loudly, "Then every time you drink his wine, won't he feel terribly distressed?"
Feng Hexiao's eyes gradually deepened, and his voice became a little erratic, "He never feels bad! He told me that no matter what kind of wine, as long as it tastes good, he will buy it after it's gone! No matter where the wine is, no matter how far away it is
, no matter how expensive the price is, he will send someone to buy it."
Meng Chang couldn't help but sigh: "My dear friend, you are really a heroic hero! It's a pity that we haven't met each other by chance. I wonder if the deputy envoy can introduce me to you?"
He suddenly noticed that the faces of Zhao Guangyi and others became serious. He knew that what he said was inappropriate, but he didn't know where the mistake was. He felt uneasy for a moment!
Feng Jiuxiao said calmly: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, this friend of mine has passed away!"
"Ah? Died?" Meng Chang finally understood why the atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and said quickly: "I'm sorry."
Feng Jiuxiao didn't want to get too entangled and said with a smile: "Humans, no one can escape birth, old age, illness and death."
Zhao Guangyi smiled and said: "Sir Deputy Ambassador, let's continue talking about this bar!"
Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said: "Yes, on this beautiful day, let's just talk about the wind and the moon! Then let's talk about wine! As far as I know, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty designated wolfberry wine as a tribute wine in the sixth year of Jianyuan. Twenty years ago
, the people of Gulin began to use Langquan water to make wine, and many people called it Fengqu method wine."
Meng Chang looked at Eunuch Liu with confusion on his face. Eunuch Liu had a strange look on his face and said softly: "Back to the Emperor... Your Highness, the deputy envoy was wrong! Now the locals do call this wine Fengqu Fajiu." He turned his head.
He looked at Feng Jiuxiao and said bravely: "Sir, Deputy Envoy, I have something to ask you."
Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Please tell me!"
Liu Gonggong said: "The name of this wine has only been changed a few months ago. If I hadn't been specifically responsible for contacting tribute wine, I would not have known about this news. How did the deputy envoy know about it?"
To be continued...