God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 398 Drooling Out (Second)

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China.According to historical records, the term "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book "Zhou Li".In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there is a record of "the Shangshu Zhenniuyu, Mid-Autumn Festival and left and right Weifu flood the river".

One said that it originated from the sacrificial activities of ancient emperors. The "Book of Rites" records: "The son of heaven springs to the sun, and the autumn evening moon", and the evening moon is to worship the moon, which shows that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, emperors had already begun to sacrifice and worship the moon.Later, noble officials and literati followed suit one after another, and gradually spread to the people.

Second, the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is related to agricultural production.Autumn is the harvest season. The interpretation of the word "Autumn" is: "Autumn is the day when the crops are ripe."During the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the crops and various fruits mature one after another. In order to celebrate the harvest and express their joy, farmers use the "Mid-Autumn Festival" as a festival. "Mid-Autumn Festival" means the middle of autumn. The eighth month of the lunar calendar is a month in the middle of autumn, and the [-]th is a day in the middle of this month. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival may be a custom inherited from the ancient "autumn newspaper".

In later generations, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important festival and an important moment for family reunion, but this time is quite different and has not been endowed with this meaning.

Moon cakes must be eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the Tang Dynasty did not have this habit.

Don't have this habit?What's so difficult about it, let them develop it directly. For this very important festival, eating mooncakes without admiring the moon is undoubtedly the best way to spend time.

But what about mooncakes?It is also difficult for Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian quickly recalled the fragmented memories in his mind, and immediately remembered the method of making moon cakes.

Need eggs, flour, egg yolk, sugar...

As long as the mooncake skin can be made well, what is baked inside is not a matter of raw materials?
Whether it's egg yolk mooncakes, red bean mooncakes, or five-nut mooncakes, it's all about proportion.

But before that, the blessing of the mold is needed, otherwise the mooncakes that come out may not look good, so he even drew a picture.

So a carpenter was called to carve out mooncake molds according to the content in the painting.

During this period, the craftsmen were also shocked by Li Chengqian's technique.But this was the most common line drawing of Li Chengqian's time. He could produce one of this kind of painting in 10 minutes, and it was very beautiful.

At the same time, he also ordered the chefs to prepare the mooncake skins.

All of a sudden, the chefs in the entire Eastern Palace began to get busy.

The news that he was busy quickly reached the ears of Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and others. They were very curious about what Li Chengqian wanted to do this time.

They don't know that what Li Chengqian is going to do now is to change the whole future.

But because Li Chengqian hadn't done a good job yet, they couldn't come here.

Until the evening, the first batch of mooncakes was finally ready to be baked.

At this time, the five princes who were with him in the East Palace had long been waiting by the side, no matter how hard he tried to drive them away, they would not be able to drive them away.

Especially Li Tai, who was already salivating.

"Brother Huang, what is in your stove? Why is it so fragrant?"

Li Ke said: "Our brothers were so smelled that we ate a lot less for dinner."

Li Yun and the others couldn't stop nodding.Said: Brother Huang is right!
Li Shimin hadn't eaten it yet, and the moon cakes he made might be tasted by these five people first.

Li Chengqian is not a stingy person, so let these five children eat moon cakes.

"This thing is called a moon cake!"

Li Tai said innocently: "Mooncake? I haven't heard of it. I eat it once a month. It has something to do with the moon? Is there any difference between it and Hubing?"

"Hubing" means "sesame cake", "stove cake", or "sesame cake".

Eating Hubing in the Tang Dynasty has become the most fashionable enjoyment. "Old Tang Book": "The nobleman's royal food, all for the nonsense."The so-called "hushi" types, Hui Lin's "All Sutras, Sounds and Meanings" No. 30, "Dharani Collection" No. 12, said: This pancake was originally a Hushi, and China imitated it with a slight change, so it also has this in modern times. The name, the Confucianists made the characters at will, and it is unknown which one is.Hu eaters, that is, Biluo, Shaobing, Hubing, Dana and so on.

It seems to have become one of the staple foods at that time.

Then Li Ke corrected him.

"No, no, if it's just Hu Bing, then Brother Huang wouldn't have spent a lot of time making it. Because we have eaten Hu Bing a lot! If that's the case, it's not Brother Huang!"

Li Yin also said: "Brother Sanhuang is right, Shicai, we have seen Brother Huang ordered people to press patterns on this moon cake, the pattern is really exquisite, it is a fairy, but I don't know where the fairy is. sacred?"

"You guys, just eat what you have, what are you doing so much, hurry up! This mooncake is about to be baked, each of you has one, go to study after eating!"

Li Chengqian said angrily, the five of them had been watching for an entire afternoon without reading. At this moment, he took out his elder brother's authority and asked them to leave here and study hard no matter what.

Also, they're a little noisy...

"Yes, yes, yes! Brother Huang is right!"

Li Yin slapped haha.

Li Yun wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and said, "Brother Huang, how long will this mooncake last?"

Li Tai laughed and said, "Yun'er can't wait any longer, Brother Huang, you can hurry up!"

As soon as these words came out, all the princes laughed.

Li Yun pouted and said: "Brothers, don't laugh at me, aren't you the same? Are you waiting for the mooncakes to come out?!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone stopped laughing.

Not because of what he said.

Because at this time, a cook has already started to take out a plate from the stove, and it is full of moon cakes on it.

Everyone's eyes were attracted by the moon cakes.

The cook quickly placed the plate on the table.

Then one plate after another of mooncakes was taken out.

It is overwhelming to provoke the eyes of many princes.The luster on the top is very attractive, which greatly stimulates the appetite.The five swallowed subconsciously again.

If it wasn't for Li Chengqian being here, they would have already rushed up to feast on it.

"His Royal Highness, a total of 120 mooncakes were released in the first batch, and the second batch is ready!"

"Okay! Let's bake! The color of this oven is quite good."

In fact, he tried several furnaces before, and the quality was not good, but this time it was very successful.

The cook started to get busy, putting the raw mooncakes on one side into the stove.

At this time, the five princes couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

Li Yun first asked: "Brother Huang, this smell is too delicious, can we..."

Li Chengqian shook his head but said: "You guys have to wait a while, this thing just came out and burned your mouth!"

Fifth Prince:  …

At this time, Guan Lishi suddenly came in and said, "His Royal Highness, Ouyang Xun is waiting to see you!"

Li Chengqian looked at the sky, he is probably here to report the results now!
"Let them come here! This king wants to receive them here!"

"Yes"

(End of this chapter)