King Zhu Di of Yan had always wanted to be a general in the Northern Conquests since he was a child, so he was a really good drinker, and the palace had an extremely rich supply of wine!
Whether it is rice wine drunk by nobles or white wine only suitable for coolies, I have collected a lot of it.
Therefore, not long after Guo An and Zhu Di arrived at the Guo Mansion, Li Wang had already arrived at the Guo Mansion with a team of palace guards, each holding a jar of wine.
"Chuzhou Jinpenlu, Shandong Qiulubai, Wuzhou Jinhua wine, Shansuzhou small bottle, Jiangxi Magu wine, Shanxi Fenjiu..."
Looking at the jar of famous wines placed in front of him, Guo An couldn't help but lick his lower lip. These were the oldest famous wines, and some of them were legendary tribute wines. He didn't expect that he would be allowed to do so now. choose!
"How do you like these fine wines from this king?" Zhu Di said with a proud look on his face.
"Your Highness is indeed worthy of being the King of Yan. Just these few jars of white wine have already overwhelmed me. I am extremely impressed."
Guo An saluted Zhu Di with admiration on his face, "Your Highness, please rest assured that fine wine goes well with delicious food! Your Highness will definitely not be disappointed by the delicacies served at the palace today!"
"Two cows."
"Master?"
Guo Erniu's silly head suddenly appeared in front of Guo An.
"Go and tell Guo Erniang that His Highness King Yan is here today. Don't worry about the seasonings. All meals must be flavorful and plentiful!"
"Yes, Master!"
Guo Er ran to the backyard with a happy face when Newton arrived.
Soon, plates of steaming, fragrant stir-fry dishes were served.
"Are these stir-fries?"
Looking at the plates of shiny food in front of him, Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Guo An in surprise.
"Exactly!"
Guo An nodded directly in response.
"I would like to try it. How does the stir-fry in your Guo An's house taste?"
Although cooking in the Song Dynasty, with the popularity of iron pots and oil, cooking has gradually become a trend.
However, the price of iron pots, oil, and meat made stir-fry a dish that only wealthy businessmen could afford.
Even now, stir-fried vegetables are not affordable for ordinary people.
As for cooks who are proficient in stir-fry cooking, they are even rarer.
Therefore, Zhu Di couldn't help but be a little surprised after seeing the cook at Guo An's house serving up such a large table of stir-fried vegetables.
"hiss……"
After one bite, Zhu Di felt the taste of what he had eaten at the county government office hall at noon, and it was even more fragrant than that.
"Damn it, those cooks in this palace are really a bunch of losers. They claim to be famous chefs in the country, but the dishes they cook are not as fragrant as the dishes in your little magistrate's home!"
Zhu Di's eyes widened with anger on his face.
"Your Highness, the ingredients for these meals are all painstakingly researched by Xia Guan. Naturally, there is no chef in the world that can compare to the cooks in Xia Guan's palace!"
Guo An said with a smile.
Then, seeing Zhu Di's already darkened face, Guo An silently picked up the wine glass and said, "Come, Your Highness, I would like to pay you my respects!"
"Drink victory!"
"Hahaha……"
After drinking a glass of fine wine, the corners of Zhu Di's mouth were about to crack under his earlobes.
Only Guo An, after finishing the drink, couldn't help but smack his mouth and taste it. This wine was not as high in alcohol content as the beer of later generations.
However, in this era, the more noble people drink rice wine.
As for those liquors and spirits, the production cost is low and the difficulty is not that high. Drinking too much will cause headaches, make people sour and smelly, and generally only those servants who work hard drink them.
Zhu Di was not as emotional as Guo An. Ever since he came to Peiping, it had been a long time since he had such fun drinking and eating meat with others.
After taking a bite of the dish, he directly picked up the wine jar and filled it for himself and Guo An.
Li Wang on the side glared directly at Guo An. Unfortunately, Guo An, who had not developed so much respect for superiors and inferiors, did not notice this.
Still with a playful smile on his face, "Hey, Your Highness, how dare I trouble you?"
"Stop talking nonsense, drink and win!"
"The official did it!"
"You're such a drunkard!"
"Hehe, Your Highness, please don't underestimate me. Although I am a civil servant, I would rather eat good wine than anything else in my life. Not to mention these mild rice wines, even those harsh liquors, you won't get drunk even after a thousand cups!"
"Oh? Are you bragging like a thief?"
"I dare not lie to His Highness!"
"In this case, I will give this Shanxi Fenjiu a try!"
"What should I be afraid of, a lowly official?"
"Drink victory!"
"Dry……"
Half an hour later.
The wine jars on the table were already three empty, and the food was all gone.
As for Zhu Di and Guo An, they were already drunk and blurred, and they sat closer and closer. Soon, thanks to the daring hook-up of a certain petty official, the relationship between the two warmed up and they leaned directly together. They had a good relationship, like brothers of life and death for many years, bragging to each other!
On the side, Li Wang and Zhu Liang already looked dumbfounded!
"It's great, today is the most enjoyable thing I've ever had!"
"Haha, so does the official!"
"I didn't expect that you, a thief, can drink as much as I do. I respect you as a man!"
"Your Highness no longer looks down upon your subordinates?"
"Fuck your mother, I can't!"
"Then can I please ask Your Highness not to scold him for 'having sex with your mother' after seeing him..."
"Fuck you... damn, I'm sure!"
"Your Highness has... Thank you, Your Highness!"
"Fuck..."
"Beautiful, you are a thief who knows how to eat. Compared with the delicacies in your house, the food cooked by the cooks in our palace is all pig food!"
"If Your Highness likes it, you can send one or two palace chefs to the government to learn the secret recipes of chefs!"
"Huh? You, a thief, are so generous?"
"Hehe, if Your Highness feels sorry for you, you can exchange money or food and meat for the secret recipe!"
"Damn it, why do you, a thief official, think about money all the time? You are almost obsessed with money. You are even more philistine than those merchants!"
"Your Highness, you are a prince. You have the royal salary to support you in the palace, so you never have to worry about it. However, Xiaguan is just a son of a small country squire. Even though Xiaguan has now become a county magistrate, his daily salary is It's not even enough to cover food and drink expenses, so we have to rely on family subsidies.
I don't dare to be greedy. Please tell me how miserable my life is. How can I not worry about money? "
"Damn it, you thief official, don't be dissatisfied. You should also know that in Wanping County alone, there are so many people who don't have enough to eat and don't have enough to wear!"
"Your Highness is mistaken. Their lack of food and clothing is not caused by Xiaguan. On the contrary, Xiaguan has been working diligently since he took office as magistrate of Wanping County. How many practical things have he done for them?
The lower official thought to himself that as the magistrate of Wanping County, what he did was completely right for the people of Wanping County! "
"Huh, but now that you, a thief, have become an official, you can only live on your salary! Otherwise, if you dare to be greedy, not to mention that I can't spare you, even my father will punish you!"
"So the official is thinking of His Highness!"
"Fuck..."
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