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Ang Lee did not care if others laughed at him. His only goal was to eat and drink as much as possible. Although Ang Lee was not short of money now, some ingredients were specially provided by the royal family. Outside the palace, no matter how much money he spent, he could not buy them. Of the six dishes he had just finished, two of them were specially provided delicacies that could not be bought in the capital market.
The three new dishes were all made of meat. They looked greasy and exuded an intoxicating aroma. In the eyes of the people of the future, greasy food was very disgusting, but in the era of the Great Tang, being able to eat greasy food was a kind of happiness. After all, resources were relatively scarce in this era. In times of famine, whether or not one could fill one's stomach was a problem, not to mention greasy meat.
Ang Lee also took a bite. The first dish was beef, and the meat was very fresh and tender. It was obviously a small calf. The imperial court prohibited people from slaughtering cattle, but beef was very delicious meat, so the royal family and nobles would not comply. They would always find various reasons to injure cattle and calves to provide enough reasons to slaughter them.
The second dish was lamb, which tasted very fragrant and delicious, especially when the ingredients were more complete, so it naturally tasted very good.
The third dish was even more delicious, and it gave Ang Lee a very familiar feeling, but he could not remember what meat it was for a while. However, it seemed to be a palm.
'Bear paw, this must be a bear paw.'
Ang Lee suddenly remembered that he had shot a bear in White Wolf Mountain and had eaten the taste of bear meat. It was indeed the same. This was indeed a bear paw.
However, bear paw was a rare delicacy. Li Longji was actually so generous to let every official have a bite, which surprised Ang Lee a little.
In ancient forests, there were indeed more grizzly bears, but their numbers could not be compared to cattle and sheep. Therefore, even in the palace, there would not be too much bear paw supply, let alone when a large-scale banquet was held to let all the officials eat bear paw.
However, Li An looked around and saw that there was indeed a plate of bear paws placed in front of each minister. They were genuine bear paws.
'Why are there so many bear paws in the palace? At this rate, the black bear will soon become extinct. '
Ang Lee was astonished.
After the song and dance ended, Li Longji looked at the ministers and said loudly, "Dear ministers, do you recognize what is on this plate?"
"Your Majesty, I can only recognize two plates of beef and lamb. What kind of meat is on the third plate? Why is it so delicious?"
"Your Majesty, I don't recognize this third plate of meat, and I've never eaten it before."
"Your Majesty, this seems to be a bear's paw!"
Most of the officials had never seen a bear paw before, but there were still some officials who recognized it.
Li Longji laughed heartily and said, "These are bear paws. My beloved subjects, for you to be able to eat bear paws today, you should properly thank An Huer. These bear paws were all offered to Us by An Huer. Since We felt that we couldn't finish them all, I let my beloved subjects have a taste, haha!"
"Bear paw, so this is a bear paw!"
"Today, I'm lucky enough to eat a bear's paw. I should really thank Marshal An Jie!"
"Hahaha!"
The officials all expressed their gratitude to An Lushan.
An Lushan smiled and bowed to the officials, saying that there were plenty of black bears in the mountains of Yingzhou. In the future, he would offer even more bear paws to the officials so that they could eat their fill.
An Lushan, who had always liked to curry favor with the Emperor and the officials of the court, felt that as long as he could curry favor with these people and have them support him, these bear paws were completely worth it. An Lushan had tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, so it was not difficult for him to capture a black bear on a large scale.
Most of the officials had never eaten bear paws before, so when they heard that it was a nourishing delicacy, they all began to eat seriously, wanting nothing more than to swallow it all.
Ang Lee had been eating very happily and had almost finished it. However, when he heard that it was a tribute from An Lushan to the Emperor, his appetite suddenly disappeared, and he threw the last bit of the bear paw onto the plate.
In order to maintain his position, An Lushan not only tried his best to curry favor with Li Longji, but also tried to curry favor with the officials of the court. As such, with the Emperor and the officials supporting him, his position would naturally skyrocket. Who could stop him?
'An Lushan, this evil thief, offered a bear paw. It's not too late to eat it.'
Ang Lee thought, but he had already eaten more than half of the bear paw, leaving less than a fifth. Moreover, the fragrance of this fifth of the bear paw was somewhat irresistible.
No, An Lushan was an evil thief, but the bear paw was innocent. Since this bear paw had been offered to the Emperor, it was the Emperor's. It would be a pity not to eat such a good delicacy.
'Forget it, I'll eat it first.'
Ang Lee still couldn't resist the temptation of the delicious food and finished the rest of the bear paw.
Because they knew the health benefits of the bear paw, all the officials unknowingly finished the entire plate of greasy delicacies. After eating, they still wanted more, but soon, a greasy feeling rushed out of their stomachs.
The greasy bear paw was indeed very delicious, but after eating too much greasy food, one's heart would also feel greasy. This kind of feeling meant that one had eaten too much. Anyone who ate too much meat and fish would have this kind of greasy feeling.
Many of the officials who couldn't stand the greasy feeling had already started drinking to suppress the sudden greasy feeling.
Li Longji gently stroked his lower abdomen and said helplessly, "The bear paw is too delicious. I didn't pay attention and ate too much. Serve the soup."
When Yu Chaoen heard this, he whispered, "Your Majesty, the imperial kitchen has prepared a type of vegetable that can relieve the greasy feeling in the heart."
"What vegetable?"
Li Longji asked softly.
"Replying to everyone, it's bean sprouts. They are crispy and smooth, very delicious."
Yu Chaoen introduced.
"Bean sprouts? I don't think I've heard of them before! "
Li Longji looked at Yu Chaoen in confusion and then ordered, "Since everything is ready, why haven't you served the dishes yet?"
"Yes, everyone, they have been served."
Just as Yu Chaoen was about to go and urge them, the freshly fried bean sprouts were brought in.
There were two plates of bean sprouts on the table in front of each official. They were soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts.
Li Longji looked at the soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts in surprise and muttered to himself, "Bean sprouts, these are bean sprouts."
After a moment of confusion, he personally picked up a piece of mung bean sprouts and put it in his mouth. He gently chewed and closed his eyes, revealing a very happy expression.
"Crispy and refreshing, very chewy, just right to relieve the greasy feeling in the stomach. Good, very good."
Li Longji praised, then looked at Yu Chaoen and asked, "When did these bean sprouts appear? I've never eaten them before."
"Everyone, these bean sprouts were accidentally invented by a servant in General Li's mansion and made into a dish. They were only presented to the palace yesterday, so of course you haven't seen them before."
Yu Chaoen explained softly.
"General Li, which General Li?"
There were too many generals in the Tang dynasty with the surname Li. How could Li Longji guess who it was?
"Everyone, it was invented by the Lieutenant General of the Right Dragon Army, Ang Lee, a servant in General Li's mansion, and these bean sprouts were presented to the palace by General Li."
Yu Chaoen explained.
At this moment, not only was Li Longji very curious, but all the civil and military officials were also very surprised after tasting the bean sprouts. They asked each other if they had eaten bean sprouts before.
Their shocked expressions were no less than when they ate bear paws. After all, many people had never eaten bear paws before, but they had heard of them. However, not only had they never eaten bean sprouts before, they had never even heard of them. More importantly, the bean sprouts were very delicious, and at first glance, they could tell that they were grown from beans. It seemed that it would not be difficult to eat them in the future.
Li Longji looked in Li An's direction and saw that Li An was engrossed in eating and drinking. The corners of Li Longji's mouth curled up into a smile. Looking at the officials, he once again spoke in a loud voice, "Dear officials, do you know what these two dishes are?"
"Your Majesty, this humble subject has never eaten such delicacies before, so I don't know what they are."
"Your Majesty, the bear paws just now were already very delicious, but this side dish is even better!"
Obviously, these courtiers were tired of eating bear paws, so they thought that bean sprouts were better than bear paws.
"Your Majesty, there are bean skins of mung beans and soybeans on the food. They should be sprouts grown from soybeans and mung beans soaked in water."
"Yes, there are indeed bean skins of mung beans and soybeans. They are sprouts of beans."
The courtiers took a closer look and found that there were indeed a lot of bean skins of mung beans and soybeans in the bean sprouts dish. Wasn't this enough to prove that these two dishes were sprouts soaked in mung beans and soybeans? These courtiers were all elites of the Tang dynasty. How could they not understand this?
Li Longji said with a smile, "This dish is called bean sprouts. It was discovered by the servants of Ang Lee's mansion. General Li just presented it to the palace yesterday. My dear courtiers, you are really lucky. Especially after eating the greasy bear paws, it feels so good to eat such smooth bean sprouts. General Li, in the future, the bean sprouts in the palace will be supplied by you."
"Yes, Your Majesty. This humble subject obeys."
Ang Lee, who had just finished the last mouthful of bean sprouts, stood up and responded.
Li Longji nodded gently. The singing and dancing continued, and the dishes and wine continued to be served.
"General Li, were these bean sprouts really made by the servants of your mansion?"
"General Li, aren't these bean sprouts the sprouts of mung beans soaked in water?"
"General Li's bean sprouts let us enjoy the delicacies of the world."
The courtiers around him began to strike up a conversation with Ang Lee. However, Ang Lee mainly focused on eating and drinking, and his greetings to the courtiers remained perfunctory and polite.
After all, Li An could tell that many of the ministers were trying to get information from him so that they could understand the beansprouts technique and prepare for their own beansprouts. These were trade secrets, so Li An naturally wouldn't tell others. Even though others could summarize it through long-term practice, it would take a certain amount of time. During this time, Li An and his brothers could make a lot of money.
Seeing Ang Lee's perfunctory smile, the courtiers had no way to persuade him. However, bean sprouts were obviously beans put in water to grow. In the view of many courtiers, it didn't seem to require too much skill. As long as they went back and followed the instructions, they could also grow bean sprouts.
An Lushan ate a few mouthfuls of bean sprouts and looked a little unhappy. Although the bean sprouts had a good appetite, the existence of these bean sprouts weakened the effect of his bear paws.
In order to curry favor with the emperor and the courtiers, An Lushan sent over a thousand troops to wantonly hunt black bears in the mountains and offered a large number of bear paws to the palace. For this, he had paid a great price.
However, the results of paying such a great price were completely destroyed by Ang Lee's small bean sprouts. Since the bean sprouts were served, almost all the courtiers were talking about bean sprouts. They seemed to have completely forgotten that they had just eaten bear paws. This made An Lushan feel helpless and resentful.
"Father, we offered so many bear paws, but in the end, they were no match for Ang Lee's two plates of bean sprouts. It was really a waste of so many bear paws."
An Qingzong glared at Ang Lee with a face full of resentment.
An Lushan was worried that his son's words would be heard by the courtiers. He hurriedly scolded in a low voice, "Unfilial son, shut up."
An Qingzong was reprimanded by his father. He suppressed his anger and lowered his head, not saying a word. However, he had nowhere to vent the depression in his heart and felt extremely uncomfortable.
Following that, the palace maids brought over a few plates of dishes and fine wine. In addition, the singing and dancing changed again and again. The atmosphere was quite cheerful and harmonious.
After the singing and dancing came to an end, the courtiers in the main hall began to compete in poetry. No matter their positions, they were all displaying their literary talent.
As a general, Ang Lee naturally did not dare to blindly interfere. He did not want to be laughed at if he did not compose a good poem.
A courtier who was passionate about composing poems suddenly suggested, "Your Majesty, what is the point of a courtier composing poems? Why don't we let the generals compose poems and let us experience different styles?"
"That's right! A general composing a poem will definitely be filled with heroic spirit. It is not something we can compare to! "
These courtiers were clearly doing it on purpose. They wanted to see the generals make a fool of themselves. After all, many generals were not educated and composing poems was too difficult for them.
However, Li Longji did not consider this. Perhaps he also wanted to make things difficult for these generals! After a pause, he looked at An Lushan and said softly, "An Lushan, you go first."
After saying that, he looked at the courtiers with a faint smile.
This was clearly to see An Lushan make a fool of himself and to adjust the atmosphere of the banquet. An Lushan naturally understood this logic. He did not know how to compose poems, but he still had the ability to casually compose a poem.
"Yes, Your Majesty. This courtier will think about it carefully!"
An Lushan chuckled foolishly. After a pause, he rubbed his fat belly and said seriously, "In Ying Province, there is a man named An Lushan. In this life, he has no desires and is only loyal to Your Majesty."
After saying that, he laughed loudly.
"Good poem, it is indeed a good poem! Haha! "
Li Longji applauded happily. This poem did not have too many connotations, but it was filled with the taste of flattery. It made him feel comfortable listening to it. Moreover, with An Lushan's level of education, it was not easy for him to compose such a five-character quatrain. It could be said that he had exceeded his usual performance.
The courtiers despised him in their hearts, but on the surface, they praised An Lushan with smiles. They praised An Lushan for composing a good poem. In reality, they were mocking An Lushan's poem, calling it bullshit and full of the stench of flattery.
At this moment, several eunuchs brought over the four treasures of the study, preparing to record the poems that the courtiers had just composed. Of course, this included the poem that An Lushan had composed.
Li Longji looked at the courtiers and said seriously, "When composing a poem, it is even more important to compose a poem. For those who compose a poem, there is no need to read it out loud. Just silently write it down on paper. This will save you the trouble of copying it."
"Your Majesty is wise."
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