Volume 1: Mishui Comes East Chapter 57: Mid-Autumn Festival (1)
In the real history of the original plane, among the four traditional holidays of the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival was established the latest. The Mid-Autumn Festival was upgraded from a traditional folk festival to an officially recognized legal holiday. It had to wait until the early Tang Dynasty.
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In the late Han Dynasty, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, although there were official-led activities such as "welcoming the cold at night" and "presenting good fur", there was no holiday on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Just because the empire doesn't have official holidays doesn't mean that officials can't find ways to celebrate the holidays.
"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, an ancient rare banquet is held at Zuixian's residence to entertain the elderly people over seventy years old in the county, feed them elk porridge, and grant the king's staff to the elderly people who are over seventy years old today?"
On August 9, Ou Xing, who had just rushed from Ou's home to Zuixianju and was preparing to go to work at the county government after a night's rest, thought he had heard wrongly.
"In the county seat or within the county area, are you sure you are hosting a banquet for the elderly in the entire county?"
"Young master, there is no mistake." Ou Changshou, the manager of Zuixianju, handed over a bamboo slip and a silk book. "The bamboo slip is an official document from the county government, and the silk book is an invitation letter to the old lady."
Ou Xing took the document and squinted his eyes to examine it carefully, but still found it difficult to understand.
"The distance from each township to the county seat is not very close. For example, Oujiachong is even a hundred miles away. The traffic is tiring and the road is bumpy. Aren't you afraid that it will take a toll on the elderly?"
"Then~" Ou Changshou scratched his head in embarrassment, not knowing what to do.
"After I see Mr. Dong tomorrow, we can make plans in the store."
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"Prepare some seasonal dishes to go with the wine. In the evening, I will treat Wei Lang to a drink."
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On August 10, Ou Xing went to work at the county government office. During the lunch break, he went to visit the shadow county magistrate and county registrar Dong Ping.
Thanks to the love of Lord Tianjun and Duke Dong, the important official banquet was held in Zuixianju. The owner of Zuixianju was extremely grateful. Frightened, he specially asked Ou Xing to express his gratitude to Lord Tianjun and Duke Dong. He
He also entrusted Ou Xing to present a gold plate braised lake shrimp to Tian Junjun and a clear water boiled pearl to Dong Gong, along with a secret recipe (share transfer agreement).
Gourmet Dong Ping was very happy.
"Gold, common people regard it as money. Common people regard it as money. Who knows that it is a good food? The owner of Zuixianju is indeed a famous gourmet, haha."
Dong Ping wrote on the bamboo slips with a pen as big as a rafter. He tripled the original budget for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet and handed it to Ou Xing. He asked him to go to the small mansion to collect the expenses first, and he must make sure that the ancient banquet was held in a grand manner.
The only thing that matters is to be a good face to the Ming Dynasty and the county government.
"The king's staff is compared to the festival. The emperor gives the old man the king's staff, firstly, to respect the elderly, and secondly, he hopes that the old man will hold the royal staff and educate the younger generations on behalf of the emperor. If you are old and weak, how can you take on the responsibility of education?
, and how can we take advantage of the emperor's festival?"
Dove sticks are not given casually. Whether you can come to the county for a banquet is a screening and assessment of the qualifications to hold the stick. As for Ou Xing's concerns, Dong Ping explained this.
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"The king's staff is worth a knot. The person holding the staff is worth six hundred stones. Dong Gong doesn't want to indiscriminately give famous weapons, so he came up with this wonderful trick." Ou Xing explained to Ou Changshou, "Dong Gong is determined.
OK, Zuixianju should prepare well to host it."
"Wei." Ou Changshou leaned over and answered.
"Porridge is the staple food, and the main dishes are various kinds of mince and soup. Meat is deboned and fish is deboned. Fruits and mooncakes must be cut into small pieces... Have you written them all down?"
"Young Master, I have remembered everything."
"I'll give you a pen and paper." Ou Xing stood up and left the table. "I'll copy it down as I repeat it."
"Wei." Ou Changshou sat down at the banquet table, "The staple food is porridge, and the main dishes are various kinds of minced rice and soup. The meat is deboned, the fish is deboned..."
"You are personally responsible for this matter. You must pay attention to it and emphasize it to the chefs repeatedly. If an old man chokes to death at the banquet, our Zuixianju may no longer need to be opened."
"Wei." Ou Changshou put away his pen and paper, stood up and left the table, "I know how powerful this is."
"Uncle Changshou, you have a heavy burden." Ou Xing gently patted Ou Changshou's shoulder, "The ancient banquet was well done, and the advertising benefits it brought to Zuixianju were not to mention. It was a great success.
, your reputation will be greatly damaged."
"Young Master, Changshou will definitely not embarrass you, and Zuixianju will not embarrass you." Ou Changshou patted his chest and solemnly promised Ou Xing.
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"Wei Lang, I have something urgent that I need to ask of you and all the young heroes."
"Mr. District, please speak."
What Ou Xing asked the young heroes of Yiyang to do was to go to the surrounding three counties of Yiyang, Linxiang, and Hanchang to invite famous local doctors to Zuixianju to provide medical support for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Before time travel, Ou Xing was once a Chinese medicine practitioner who haunted certain bars and forums. However, when he traveled to this era, when things came to a head, he had to seek help from these witch doctors and warlocks who he had despised in the past.
More or less, it can give the elderly some psychological comfort. Ou Xing comforted himself in his heart.
Early the next morning, Wei Yan led the team and set off.
"Wei Lang, I'm begging you." Before leaving, Ou Xing held the horse's rein and told him, "Remember to invite people in the name of the Luo County government, not in the name of the Ou family."
With the bad reputation of the Ou family, I'm afraid I won't be able to invite anyone. Ou Xing thought to himself.
"Yan Ding understands," Wei Yan accepted the order with his hands raised, "Don't worry, Mr. District, Yan Ding will live up to his trust and invite all the local good workers."
"Drive~" Wei Yan set off on horseback, followed closely by a group of young heroes.
"For all these swellings, the path is the same: know how to go in the right direction, and the number of needles will not be missed. Deficiency and excess will be purged, and the spirit will go to its place, leading to evil and wrongness. It is really impossible to determine, and failure caused by roughness is called premature death.
Tonify deficiency and purge excess, the spirit returns to its chamber, and its emptiness is blocked for a long time, which is called good work....
..The parts of the five internal organs and the six internal organs, limbs and joints, each have their own parts. Yin and yang are used, yang and yin are used, and the parts should be clear.
Chapter completed!