Chapter 260 Open the eyes to the noble ladies of the Tang Dynasty
Then Lin Marco Polo Wanwan began to vividly describe the food and various mines in the Americas. She was not talking nonsense, but actually existed. At most, she only used some rhetorical techniques to make them sound more fascinating.
Some.
By using the name of her knight-errant "senior brother" to publicize, she planted a few seeds of curiosity among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, which was really unfavorable.
She knew that both the Wang family and the Fang family at today's banquet had large fleets. It would not be a bad thing if they had the desire to explore the world and pick up gold.
Since our universe, the Tang Dynasty, has the opportunity, we should seize all the wealth in the world. There is no reason why a small country like the Sun Never Sets in the Age of Discovery can sweep the world, but our vast Tang Dynasty cannot. All it lacks is just a piece of information.
Regarding national pride, Lin Wanwan is very strong.
Following Lin Wanwan's description, everyone was amazed one after another.
For the ladies of the Tang Dynasty who were unlikely to travel far away, the world in Lin Wanwan's mouth was so colorful and fascinating!
Especially the gold and silver that can be picked up casually, as well as the pepper and other spices that grow wildly everywhere, it makes people drool.
This Lord of Le'an Township has such inexhaustible wealth. Was it all brought back by her senior brother from America, which is full of gold?
It is foreseeable that after this banquet, the senior brother who saw Lin Wanwan's dragon will definitely become even more magical.
The knight-errant himself was legendary in the Tang Dynasty, and the one Lin Wanwan mentioned was even more powerful.
When we got tired of talking, the singing and dancing started again.
Lin Wanwan played the music herself, and Heng Wu put on a Hu skirt and special shoes to dance the Hu Xuan dance, which was just emerging in Chang'an City.
The Hu Xuan Dance has a distinct rhythm and is fast and cheerful. It is very suitable for performances at banquets. It can instantly ignite the atmosphere, and the effect is no less than that of later generations of dynamic music.
After the dance ended, the girls also performed their performances. They had played Yaling before, and now they played Dianmao. Each person drew a bamboo card, and then performed according to the content above.
Musical instruments, calligraphy and paintings are all arranged, and the cheerful dance is indispensable.
Pipa, harp, guzheng, xiao and other musical instruments took turns playing, and everyone with a small age gap quickly became one with each other.
Dishes were brought up one after another and taken away one after another, and the long dining table in the main room was never empty.
The last fruits served after the meal were sliced cold melons and washed grapes. When everyone saw these two treasures, their hearts could not help but tremble, and their beating hearts became even more excited.
Although lychees and cherries before the banquet are rare, noble families can always get them once or twice a year. But these melons and grapes cannot be bought even if you have money. They are only available in the inner courtyard of the palace. Everyone only hears about them in rumors.
Have you ever really seen it?
"This... Madam Wan is so talented that she was able to obtain cold melons and grapes of such good quality! I heard from my father that these are tributes exclusively for the royal family from the Western Regions!"
Lin Wanwan smiled and said: "Actually, it's very simple. I planted the two cold melons today by myself. My senior brother brought back good seeds, and my master took me to plant them several times. Now I plant the cold melons in
In the glass flower room."
"Ah, can you grow it yourself?"
"Yes, it just requires some skills. When the family has raised the seedlings in late March, if you are interested, you can come to Linjiazhuang to buy them. If you are a child, you will be given ten gold for one plant. It will keep you alive, bear fruit, and won't cause diarrhea.
Return the gold."
"Ah, then be sure to leave a few for me."
"I also want!"
"My family wants it too."
Everyone started making reservations one after another, and Lin Wanwan naturally agreed.
"Ms. Wan, what about these grapes that look like purple pearls?"
"I didn't plant this one. It was specially sent to me by my senior brother during the Lantern Festival. He was just afraid that I would pester him and talk about things. He would come and go without a trace every time. I just put down my things.
Let’s go. I was in Qiantang at the time and didn’t see him at all. I only saw these things in the ice cave in the cellar when I came back. Oh, it’s really a headache.”
Is this still a headache? I don’t know how happy it would be to have such a heroic brother thinking about me! My brother in my family who can only show off and teach others is really incomparable and must be thrown away.
All the girls couldn't help but have similar thoughts in their minds.
This meal looked like it would cost more than ten thousand yuan. When I went back and told my relatives and friends at home, I am afraid they all couldn’t believe it!
If it weren't for the loss of dignity, the girls would really like to collect the grapes in their plates and take them back to show their family members.
In Chang'an City, this was only seen during palace night banquets, so how often did people see it.
There are so many dishes and dishes at today's banquet. It is definitely not enough to rely on just a few servants from Lin Wanwan's family. Even the group of general servants are not enough.
Therefore, in the Lin family, Patriarch Lin selected about 20 people from middle age to middle age to help in the kitchen. They were responsible for washing dishes, serving dishes, serving soup, and washing and choosing vegetables. The division of labor was clear.
Although the people in Linjiazhuang have never seen such a grand display of good food and meat as today, they are still very experienced in how to help prepare a lively banquet.
After all, the family has to hold family banquets for every wedding and wedding. There are no servants in the countryside, so it is inevitable to ask the family members for help. This has been the case for hundreds of years.
Helping each other has been passed down from generation to generation and everyone has long been used to it.
Huanong is one of the busiest people today because she is in charge of the kitchen.
Fortunately, Lin Wanwan had already considered that she would be too busy on her own, so the chefs she hired for the flowing seats in the school playground facing everyone were the chefs and his apprentices from Lin Mengli's restaurant in Wanghai Town, and they also used the school's kitchen.
Lin Wanwan's yards don't match each other.
Countryside people are not interested in the fine delicacies served in small plates that are customary for nobles. They basically eat at the same table (living conditions do not allow them to share meals at separate tables), and they like big bowls of meat, big bowls of wine, and big bowls.
White rice.
Therefore, at their banquet, Lin Wanwan followed the advice of Patriarch Lin and did what he liked, mostly meat and meat, wine and wine, and paired with fruits and snacks that were priceless in the Tang Dynasty.
In the front yard and the back hall, although the food is different, they are all very happy, and the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.
After the banquet, Lin Wanwan took everyone to visit the garden. Although she only had a little more than an acre of land, the rockery and small pond she made were only a little big.
But these were specially designed and well-proportioned, and there were also many outstanding flowers and trees transplanted by Lin Wanwan. The girls looked at them with great interest as they walked along.
Lin Wanwan tried her best to entertain the guests. Little Qingyu did not lag behind at all. She took the children from the big town to see her little elephant, touch her little red horse, and even asked Ah Qing to let the big bird sit in their lap.
His vision flew around.
When it was time to say goodbye, the girls reluctantly said goodbye and left.
The boat trip back to the town where they lived would take at least an hour or two, so they had to leave early.
Lin Wanwan prepared a separate set of modern cosmetics for each person as a souvenir to carry out her image of a wealthy person. It's not that she wants to be high-profile, but that her current status simply cannot be low-key!
The only one in Luang County who is from the fifth grade!