Chapter 84
During the intense preparations for the whole fish banquet, the first batch of porcelain fired from the big kiln was arranged by Fusu to transport it back to Xianyang. After learning that the king was going to use porcelain to hold a palace banquet, the batch of porcelain was uniformly put into storage through the Shaofu Yamen and was ready to be put on the shelves on the shelves at a date after the whole fish banquet.
With this batch of new porcelain, the imperial chefs who were originally unable to use it suddenly burst out with new ideas and decided to let all the dishes be served!
In addition to traditional steaming and grilling, the fish in the whole fish feast also uses many methods that require a wok.
The cooking is made in the kitchen in the palace. Many ministers who were fortunate to keep it for dinner by Ying Zheng naturally tasted it. It was not fresh. Everyone combined the flavor of the cooking that they had eaten before and put it on the fish. It was amazing, it must be fragrant!
How to cook? There was a little news from the Shaofu Office that it was necessary to use an iron pot. Ordinary people should not think about it. The court will not allow you to make a pot without permission.
It’s okay for two families to come. If every household wants it, how can there be so much power?
Regarding this matter, the Shaofu Office also hinted wildly to the civil and military officials: If you try hard to defeat all the Eastern countries, you can occupy their iron ore, and you will not have to fight again after the exchanges. You can recycle the weapons of the six countries on a large scale and rebuild them again. At that time, will you have all the materials for making pots?
This is said with reasonable and evidence, without any fault. After hearing this, all civil and military officials only had one thought: I believe in your evil!
Many people entered the palace for the banquet with the firm idea of "I will not be bewitched by the king and son again." As soon as they sat down, their eyes were immediately lit up by a jade-like wine glass with simple and elegant shapes and smooth lines. The faint blue color seemed to be kissed by the moonlight, and the whole body exuded a charming luster.
Who has never been eroded by Ying Zheng's sugar-coated shells? Everyone has more or less jade pieces at home, and there are not many more generous jade cups and jade bowls, but the porcelain cup in front of him looks like jade but not jade, with a slight green rippling. Before the wine is served, the wine is already shimmering!
The most important thing is that there is such a wine glass in front of everyone.
This shows that these wine glasses may not be sold out!
Is this what Li Si calls porcelain?
Many people made the same voice in their hearts: I can do this wine glass!
With porcelain cups, there are naturally porcelain pots. The graceful palace people came forward to pour wine for every official with wine. They held the pot in plain hands, and the body of the pot was also shining with flowing light. The fine glaze and bright color made people feel that the fine white soft lilies of the palace people were a little rough. I don’t know what kind of hands are as smooth and delicate as celadon!
Civil and military officials: I can do this wine pot too!
On porcelain plates of different sizes, they served with various hot dishes made of fish as the main ingredients, and the hot air filled the eyes of civil and military officials.
It’s the same steamed fish, but it feels so different when placed in a porcelain plate!
The methods alone include braised, sweet and sour, and fried, so many varieties that they can’t count.
Different fish also carefully select different parts to cook. After a round, the fish meat, fish head, fish tail and even fish skin are all made into one dish. Finally, they are accompanied by a bowl of fragrant milky white fish soup without touching chopsticks. The fragrance has penetrated into everyone's nose!
The blood in the hearts of civil and military officials could not stop flowing.
The fragrance is at the tip of the nose and the pain is in the heart!
Look, just serving fish, there are plates of different sizes. If you want to serve big dishes, small stews, mixed stews, and mixed stir-frying, and small sauces, and small sauces. When you have a bowl, there are rice bowls, noodles bowls, and soup bowls. Not to mention cups, large cups, small cups, wine cups and tea cups; if you have a cup, no matter what, you have to have a pot, or a circle of porcelain cups are placed there and a clay pot is placed in the middle, who are you so sad?
But, it looks really good!
It looks so fucking good-looking when put together!
It’s really delicious when the fish is made like this! In the past, they often tasted like a fishy smell or were very light. All the dishes in front of them didn’t have such a problem. Two words, it tastes delicious!
If the king really plans to recycle the weapons of the Eastern countries into a pot after unifying the world, can they really have a round and good iron pot?
It seems that you have to squeeze out money to get a complete set of porcelain as soon as possible!
Think about it, even if it is a bit expensive, it is not something you can buy and throw it around and play with. If you buy one set of porcelain at least twice a day, it will be almost cost-effective if you can spend a year or two!
After three rounds of wine, the generals present raised their glasses to recite poems, first praising them that they had never eaten such delicious fish and had never seen such a good utensil. Then they passionately expressed their willingness to follow the king to sweep the six kingdoms. When the world is unified, they hope to eat the delicious food they rewarded by the king!
In contrast, the poems and essays of civil officials are much more subtle, mostly praising the brightness of these objects as bright as the moon and as clear as the sky. They should not be stained with wine or food. This is how people should be.
Some people also actively flattered, saying that our eldest son went to the disaster area to provide disaster relief and people, had a noble character and a clean behavior. God learned that the king and the prince were in love with the world and loved the people, so he specially gave the Qin Dynasty a beautiful porcelain to commend the king and the prince's virtue.
Ying Zheng felt that nothing was wrong after hearing this. This is the fact! How can the ministers actively state the facts?
Ying Zheng generously gave a set of porcelain to all the civil and military officials who participated in the palace banquet.
As for the civil and military officials who want to have a banquet at home, one set is not enough? That is not related to Ying Zheng's business. He cannot give everyone ten or eight sets of porcelain. It is really not enough. You can buy it yourself?
All the civil and military officials ate a lot of wine, but when they left, they were still light and as if they couldn't step on the ground. They sat in the seat and were very happy to eat, and they were very happy to receive the reward. However, after leaving the seat, they thought of their increasingly inadequate salary, and they couldn't help but feel sad. They wondered whether to force the seedlings to grow and push their son out to earn their salary as soon as possible.
I am in my teenage years old and I am no longer a child. It’s time to contribute to the family, no, I’m going to make contributions to the Qin Dynasty!
I have to say that it is quite useful to increase work enthusiasm when having a group dinner.
People with a lot of money will naturally not be confused. The next day, I sent people to Dongshi and bought ten sets of porcelain crazily. The reason why I didn’t buy more was of course because of the purchase restriction rules established by the Shaofu Office.
Those who don’t have much money left are worried. Not to mention that the whole family has a set, at least there must be porcelain for a few friends when they have a party, right? The official position is low and the salary is pitifully small. I can’t afford a luxury multi-piece set. I always want to get a set of wine pots and wine glasses? So what can I do? I can only see what errands in the court can compete for jobs!
It doesn’t matter if you’re a little harder, you can get a raise!
It's a little harder, it doesn't matter, you can get a salary increase!
Look at me, you are not afraid of hardship or fatigue. You will work overtime all month and you will work voluntarily. It is absolutely right to leave this matter to me!
I don’t know when it started, but the court began to be filled with a breath of struggle and struggle. Ying Zheng occasionally summoned his personal chat and contacted his feelings, and the other party would unconsciously reveal an anxious feeling, "If you have nothing important, I will go back to work."
Ying Zheng: “…………”
I always feel that the team under his command has become weird.
Ying Zheng wrote a letter to Fusu, saying that it was almost the autumn harvest season, so he asked Fusu to calculate the day and come back early and not to stumble outside.
Fusu wrote back again, saying that he wanted to leave after watching the autumn harvest. He had to make sure that this year's autumn harvest would go smoothly before he could leave with peace of mind.
Although Ying Zheng was not very happy, he still agreed.
Fusu and Ying Zheng discussed the return date and told Zhang Liang and the others about this matter.
The autumn harvest season is coming soon, and all the civilians sent to work in various counties have returned to the autumn harvest one after another. This year's harvest will be significantly less than before. However, the workshops run by Fusu are still in operation. Even if the people have no food, they can do short-term labor to change grain. This year's famine has been completely overwhelmed.
Whether it is the people who stayed in the local area or the people who were seconded to work in other counties, they now remember Fusu's name.
The eldest son was not old, but his mind was broad and kind. When he learned that they had suffered a disaster, he went to the most severely affected place to take charge. He would eat whatever food they had eaten, and the eldest son would eat. They came forward to speak, and the eldest son would always be harmonious and never despised their humble origins.
It is said that the eldest son went to the river to catch fish last time, and the fish were rushing to join the net!
Who would believe such a young man said that he was not a fairy child who came to the world?
When the people learned that Fusu was going back to Xianyang, they were very reluctant to leave, but they did not dare to pay homage to Fusu. They could only sigh and wait to say goodbye to Fusu.
Even if he was about to leave, Fusu was not idle.
In the first few months, Fusu racked his brains for the people's food and drink, and even set his sights on the soil. Later, the people's food and clothing were guaranteed, and Fusu began to think about culture and education.
There was a famine and many children lost their parents. These children were arranged by him to the county and asked someone to teach them.
In addition to these children, the scholars in Handan County still learn from the Three Jin Dynasties and the characters of Zhao. Although the two countries live next to each other, there are still quite different characters in shape and pronunciation.
Later, his father also considered this issue, so he had a unified text and a unified discussion on weights and measures. When Shang Jun reformed, he had already rectified the weights and measures in the Qin State, and in the future, he only needed to implement this set of standards.
Since it is all done, it is better to be early rather than late. Fusu discussed with the governor of Handan County to requisition the original school of Zhao State, copy the successful model of Yunyang Academy, first batch training of the subordinates of Handan County, and then let them go back to the local area to work or teach; if children of the right age in the county have good talents, they can choose the best to go to the school to study and learn to read; and the markets around Handan County must be replaced with Qin characters and the weights and measures of Qin.
It turns out that those scholars with average knowledge in Zhao State were willing to use Qin State's writing to teach, and they would hire them to be teachers in the academy. They could recommend them to the court with excellent work ability.
As for those who refuse to bow their backs, don’t worry about it and let them continue to study. However, they will inevitably be taxed and corvee labor. Their taxes will be collected and corvee labor will be arranged. Of course, there will be no preferential treatment if they do not work for the court.
Fusu was quite respectful to those scholars from Zhao who were very knowledgeable and had a very famous reputation. He went to visit him in person for a round of visits, and no one was left behind regardless of whether the other party was willing to open the door or not.
Among these people, Fusu, who was unwilling to see guests, asked people not to disturb them. He was willing to come out to the mountains and treated them with courtesy without any intention of persecution.
After a round of walking, Fusu not only harvested a group of doctoral seedlings who had already been preparing to live in seclusion in the mountains, but also fetched a lot of books from the homes of scholars who were unwilling to come out of the mountains. It can be said that it has gained a lot.
Until they were about to embark on the return journey, Fusu felt a little regretful: if they could stay for an extra year or two, they might be able to visit more capable people and strangers.
As long as you can find truly talented people, you will not lose money if you are turned away, and you can invite people out of the mountain to make money in vain!
On the day Fusu was about to leave, the autumn harvest in Handan County had ended. He brought a lot of people, some were scattered in various workshops; he took away many people, in addition to his own people who came from Xianyang, there were also many scholars and skilled craftsmen in Zhao State, who were all talents that Fusu liked.
Chen Ping also followed them. Fusu had sent someone to Chen Ping's house, leaving behind a generous sum of money and gifts, saying that Chen Ping was going to Xianyang for a while so that Brother Chen Ping would not have to worry about him.
On the day of leaving, many people came to hear the news, and they saw each other off again and bid farewell to each other, and the long line finally set off.
On the day Fusu and his group left Handan County, Ying Zheng officially announced that his troops would be divided into two groups from Handan and Yingchuan County to attack Wei. At the same time, he also sent an envoy to call King Yan and asked him to release his friend Prince Dan of Yan back, otherwise Qin would have sent someone to pick him up!
The author has something to say:
Ying Zheng: All civil and military officials are suddenly diligent and I am idle.
Ying Zheng: If you have nothing to do, you might as well fight the Wei Kingdom!
Chapter completed!