Naturally, Zhao Ji was not the only one who was dissatisfied with Zhang Ji and other women.
Moon Goddess, who was wearing an icy blue floor-length dress, watched Zhang Ji and Feiyan perform the wedding ceremony, clenching her silver teeth tightly and turning her delicate jade fingers to white.
"Hmph, Feiyan, the man you tasted was just the one I slept with. You are just eating my leftovers."
Thinking of this, Luna's mood suddenly improved a lot.
As for whether Zhang Ji was just a puff covered in cream before she tasted it, anyway, when she tasted it, there was no cream applied by Feiyan, but Feiyan tasted it with the cream she applied!
that's enough!
After the wedding ceremony, the brides have to go back to the wedding room to rest. They can also take this time to get some food to fill their stomachs. For those who have not taken the last step with Zhang Ji, they can also take the opportunity to read some brochures or chat with their bride-to-be family members. The woman then inquires in detail about the experience and process.
Zhang Ji, on the other hand, was entangled by the guests. The congratulations were heard endlessly, and the number of toasts made Zhang Ji gradually numb.
Fortunately, not everyone chooses to toast.
In this era, wine was not the only beverage, but was generally divided into six types - water, syrup, liquor, cold, medicine, and elixir.
Of course, there is no need to mention water, but slurry is non-alcoholic drinks such as rice soup and bean soup made from three main ingredients: rice, beans and cheese.
Drinks made from rice and beans are common, while Chugu cheese is made from milk products, similar to cheese or yogurt.
Li refers to glutinous rice wine, which is a rice wine drink. Liang refers to cold porridge, which is made from cold water and rice.
Medicine refers to plum juice, and wine refers to millet wine. In addition to these mainstream drinks, there are also drinks such as juices from various fruits. The most popular one at today’s banquet is Zhe Shui, which is sugar cane juice.
The first few are naturally common drinks for these scholars, princes, generals, ministers and nobles from all over the world. Only the secret wines from the royal families of various countries that Zhang Ji obtained through some channels can make them slightly interested. But Zhang Ji's zhe water and brown sugar water made their eyes shine.
Sugar cane is not a rare thing. Although it is expensive, it is affordable for the guests at today's banquet. However, due to geographical and transportation conditions and storage methods, sugar cane that cannot be stored for a few days will soon rot without a large amount of ice for refrigeration.
It is necessary to rent the Suzaku, the Mo family's machine, to assist in transportation, and then use a large amount of ice to refrigerate it, so that it can barely be stored for about seven to fifteen days.
The huge transportation and storage costs are prohibitive even for scholars, princes, generals, and nobles. Even if you can drink sugarcane juice once, it is only an occasional thing, and it cannot be drank at any time like Zhang Ji.
If sugar cane juice is a highlight at the banquet, then brown sugar water is a refreshing new drink for everyone.
Sugarcane juice is already a very rare drink, and brown sugar made from sugarcane is an epoch-making product.
Brown sugar is not unknown among the people. In the southernmost part of the Bashu land, which is later known as Yunnan, there is the earliest brown sugar legend in China.
"Foreign Objects" written by Yang Fu in the early Eastern Han Dynasty of the Han Dynasty records that "(sugar cane) is more than ten feet long and looks like bamboo. It is sweet when you cut it and eat it. The juice you squeeze out is like glutinous rice. It is called sugar." According to later investigations, , these candies have already appeared in the middle and late Warring States Period.
However, the sucrose of this period was not the shaped brown sugar produced in later generations. Instead, the sugar cane juice was exposed to the sun and turned into a viscous semi-solid shape. Strictly speaking, it cannot be called brown sugar.
And these brown sugars have only been tasted by merchants who traveled north and south to the southernmost part of the Bashu land. They have not even been spread in other places in the Bashu land, let alone the Central Plains and Chu land.
As for the simplest method of boiling sugar, a scumbag like Zhang Ji still knows something about it, and the brown sugar that is boiled is purple in color and condenses like stone and breaks like sand.
In fact, at least Zhang Ji personally feels that the brown sugar brewed by this local method is far superior to the white sugar of later generations.
This kind of purely natural brown sugar does not contain any additives. Unlike the sugars of later generations, which have a taste of additives, and can easily cause a sense of boredom after eating a little too much, this kind of purely natural brown sugar is boiled with local methods. There won't be such a serious cloying feeling.
A lot of brown sugar made in this way was also prepared at the banquet. Some people even secretly approached the housekeeper of Zhang Ji's house to inquire about the origin and price of this product.
The brown sugar water is also welcomed by everyone. Add some longan, lotus meat, red dates and other things to make the brown sugar water even sweeter and addictive.
Thanks to these drinks, most of the guests who came to congratulate Zhang Ji had brown sugar water and other drinks in their cups, and very few people brought wine to toast.
First of all, after drinking these drinks this time, I don’t know if I will have a chance next time.
Secondly, everyone knows the status of the wives and concubines that Zhang Ji married. Everyone is also aware of Zhang Ji's current power in the Qin State and his status among the hundreds of schools of thought. Even though Zhang Ji was drunk at the funeral, he was Just for fun, but if Zhang Ji's wives and concubines are angry because of this... it would be better to cause less trouble.
Of course, it doesn't matter if these people want to drink Zhang Ji, but what is the best man for?
In addition to these groomsmen, Zhang Ji also called on many familiar second and third generation generals to help with the drinking. It can be said that he was fully prepared.
It was late at night, and Zhang Ji, who had already greeted most of the guests, had the opportunity to enter the back house, but the banquet did not end with the departure of Zhang Ji, the host.
It is rare for hundreds of scholars, princes, generals and ministers to gather together. There are always some topics that they want to talk about but have no chance to talk about on weekdays. There are even some games between countries that are going on in the middle of the game.
For example, Prime Minister Wei found Cai Ze, who was a guest, and the Chu envoy who came to the banquet on behalf of Li Yuan, and wanted to discuss with the two countries about ending the war and making peace.
None of this had anything to do with Zhang Ji, who gradually walked towards the back house under the guidance of the maid. The back house hung with red lanterns and the noisy front yard are completely different worlds. The dim candlelight is shrouded in red lanterns and casts light around, making the back house festive and lively. The red tulle hanging from the eaves makes the back yard The house completely turned into a red world.
Zhang Ji is like an adventurer exploring a new world, and he has a total of thirteen exploration goals tonight, and the first one he wants to go to is Feiyan.
Feiyan is the head wife, and among the brides tonight, she is one of the few women who still maintains her virginity and has not had any ridiculous relationship with Zhang Ji. Therefore, even if Feiyan is the latest among the head wives, Zhang Ji still has to Take care of Feiyan for a little while and go to Feiyan first.
When he thought of Feiyan's delicate and gorgeous rosy face during the coronation ceremony, which was completely different from her usual dignified and elegant appearance, and had a different kind of beauty, Zhang Ji became more and more eager to give it a try.
And the same goes for Feiyan at this moment.
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