Chapter 16 Zhao Ci raised an army to kill Qin Jie and Nanye plotted Jiaozhou 7
Since he was not sure when Zhao Ci would start his army, Nanye decided to celebrate the New Year first. Although the New Year customs of the Han Dynasty are similar to modern times, Nanye still found many differences. For example, in the Han Dynasty, there was no Spring Festival couplets, and there was no Spring Festival Gala, and even the food they ate was different from modern times.
Now I want to eat dumplings during the Spring Festival, but at that time I ate a kind of pasta called crescent wonton. This kind of food looks like dumplings, but it is eaten like a modern wonton, which is eaten with soup, which makes Nanye, who is used to eating dumplings during the Spring Festival, a little unaccustomed to it. Therefore, Nanye immediately decided to integrate the festive atmosphere of the modern New Year into this era.
The day before New Year's Eve, all the people familiar with Nanye received a special invitation to invite everyone to Nanye's mansion to celebrate the New Year with Master Nanye on New Year's Eve. The soldiers and craftsmen in the arsenal received a big red envelope. In addition to the generous reward, there is also an admission ticket to the school military field. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, they can enter the school military field to watch the performance.
Both Nanye's relatives, friends and soldiers all know that Nanye is proficient in science and has countless ideas in his heart. Therefore, after receiving the invitation and admission ticket from Nanye, everyone talked about how Master Nanye would celebrate the New Year. In this way, it adds a trace of mystery and expectation to the festive and peaceful New Year.
On New Year's Eve, the invited people went to Nanye Mansion for the New Year as long as they did not need to reunite with their families. Among these people are Cai Yong and Cai Yan's father and daughter, Wang Yue, Shi A's master and apprentice, Zhang Baiqi and Zhang Ning, Xi Zhicai and Xu Huang, two bodyguards, Dian Wei and Zhou Cang, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, a pair of rich merchants, of course, Han Hu, the brother and Wang Yi, the eldest disciple.
In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Cai Yan moved into the arsenal with Cai Yong a few days ago. So this time she and Cai Yong came with Xi Zhicai, Xu Huang and others. Before everyone entered Nanfu, they saw that Nanye Gate was surrounded by the people and heard the people talking about it from afar.
When these people saw the arrival of visitors from Nanfu, they gave way one after another. Cai Yong led the crowd to the door and was immediately attracted by Nanye's door. At this time, he knew what the people were watching. It turned out that in addition to the door god and lanterns, a pair of Spring Festival couplets were also pasted on the doorposts on both sides.
Cai Yong said, "Spring breeze, spring rain, wind and rain, patriotism and love the peace of the Republic of China and the people."
Cai Yong nodded after reading the Spring Festival couplets and was very satisfied that Nan Ye could care about the people of the country. He turned his head and asked Cai Yan, "Do you think this handwriting is from Zhaoji's hand?" Why didn't Guanghua let me write this..." Cai Yong couldn't think of the word to call this Spring Festival couplet for a moment.
Cai Yan smiled and said, "Ganghua said that this is called a couplet, which is divided into upper couplets and downs, which is used to replace the peach charm, implying an auspicious and festive New Year. This couplet is not limited to the number of words, as long as it is neat and dual. Guanghua's father also knew that he couldn't do it, so he asked his daughter to write for him. He really didn't dare to bother his father.
Cai Yong nodded and said, "Looking at the couplet of Guanghua, you will know that he has great ambitions for the people of his country. This is a good thing. Even if you come to me, I am willing to write for him.
Cai Yan laughed when he heard the words. Cai Yong praised Nanye without knowing the inside story, but Cai Yan remembered that the first couplet that Nan Ye asked her to write was "business is booming all over the world, and the financial resources are prosperous to reach the three rivers" and a horizontal approval of "money resources are wide", which simply fell into the eyes of money.
Cai Yan thought to let his father know that he had to scold Guanghua. Fortunately, he took care of him, so he changed a pair of couplets and sent the previous pair to the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau.
Cai Yong didn't know why Cai Yan laughed and stared at his daughter and entered the door. There are two housekeepers, Li Yue and Yao Cheng, who welcome everyone in Nanye's house.
Wang Yue, Shi A and other people living in Luoyang City have already arrived, and Nan Ye has been waiting for Cai Yan and others. Now when they see people arrive in Qi, Nan Ye has ordered to open the banquet.
As soon as the two sisters Qingfeng and Mingyue came up with the dishes, everyone felt a fragrance, and Han Hu was even more greedy. When the banquet was placed, everyone found that there were many unknown dishes on the table, showing a curious look.
Nan Ye was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and he also worked hard for this table. Although Nan Ye can't cook, after all, he has eaten it and discussed and experimented with the chefs in the house. Only then did he reproduce a few modern dishes, which can be regarded as a fresh taste for everyone.
There are much more modern dishes than in the Han Dynasty, that is to say, the most common home-cooked dish, Kung Pao Chicken, which was not available in the Han Dynasty. On the table, in addition to Kung Pao chicken, fish-flavored shredded pork and Dongpo elbows, there are also sweet and sour carp in Shandong cuisine, lion's head in Huaiyang cuisine, sweet and sweet meat in Cantonese cuisine, Beijing roast duck and so on. The color and fragrance of these dishes attracted everyone's attention, and they couldn't wait to have a taste of them immediately.
Nan Ye got up and raised his glass and saluted, "Today is New Year's Eve, a day for family reunion. Ye is deeply honored to come and spend the festival with Ye. It has been nearly two years since I left my hometown and came to the Han Dynasty. I have no relatives here. Thanks to your help, I can have today's situation. Ye thanked you here! This first glass of wine is a toast to all of you.
When everyone heard the words, they raised their glasses and drank all the wine in the glass. Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping and Wang Yi are businessmen, and they are the most comfortable dealing with this kind of scene. After adding the new wine, Su Shuang raised his glass to Nanye and said, "Master, you are so kind! Shuang and Shiping first met their master, and even today, they often think of their master's handsome and heroic posture in fairy clothes and riding a divine car. If I hadn't met my master at the beginning, I might still be running around the north to sell horses and fighting with bandits and robbers. How could we be so beautiful today? If I wait for a minute to help my master, the master will help me wait for ten minutes. It's time for me to wait for a drink to my master.
Hearing Su Shuang's words, everyone nodded one after another. Zhang Shiping and Wang Yi needless to say that after following Nan Ye, their business has increased thousands of times, and the money they have earned is countless.
Zhang Baiqi and Zhou Cang came from a yellow scarf. If it were not for Nan Ye, they would still rebel in the court. How could they drink in Luoyang City?
Dian Wei, Xu Huang, Shi A and others followed Nan Ye as their own guards. In fact, they had soldiers and horses under them.
Wang Yue jumped from a neglected martial arts school to become the head of the head of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau every day, and there was an endless stream of people who came to learn from teachers.
The fate of everyone has changed because of Master Nanye. Naturally, they agree with Su Shuang's words and raise their glasses to honor Nanye.
Cai Yan beside him was secretly happy to see that Nan Ye was so respected. When she met Nan Ye and gained a love, her life also became wonderful, because unexpected things always happened around Nan Ye. Even if it is just a family banquet, it can be arranged by Nan Ye. Not only is the dishes novel, but also the seat is novel.
This Nanye banquet invited everyone to use a large round table made in the arsenal, and also equipped everyone with a chair, just like a modern banquet. In this way, there is no need to sit or kneel, which greatly improves the comfort. Moreover, Nanye let Cai Yan and Zhang Ning both women come to the table, and said that the spirit of the round table is that everyone is equal, which makes the two girls feel unprecedented respect. Cai Yong wanted to say that this was against etiquette, but he didn't say anything when he saw his daughter sitting happily next to Nan Ye.
Nan Ye saw everyone toast and drank it again. He was not good enough to drink. Before crossing, he only drank some beer at the classmate's gathering. Fortunately, the degree of alcohol in the Han Dynasty was not high, just like rice wine and yellow wine, so Nanye would not get drunk even if he drank two glasses.
Nanye, who drank two glasses of wine, couldn't help recalling the lively scene of toasting each other in front of him. He remembered his parents and grandparents at home, and didn't know whether they were doing well now and whether they were worried about their disappearance.
Thinking that Nanye's eyes were a little red, he raised the third glass of wine and sighed, "I am a foreign guest alone in a foreign country, and I miss my relatives every festive season. I'm afraid that Ye will never go back to his hometown in his life. If he can't see his parents, you will be Ye's relatives in the future. This third glass of wine is a toast to my distant relatives and friends. May they also be happy and healthy in the new year. After saying that, he drank all the wine in the glass and suppressed the tears in his eyes, not wanting to destroy the festive atmosphere.