I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 764 Preparations for a Feast
The legend of this feast of bliss has a long history, and there are various versions.

But the only constant is people's impression of luxury.

But luxury does not mean waste. A banquet can naturally be high-end and meaningful.

In the past six months, through Li Tian's hard work, not to mention other places for the time being, but just talking about the capital, it has undergone earth-shaking changes, and it looks as prosperous as any dynasty.

In addition, the imperial court's income today is much more abundant than in previous years, so it seems nothing special to hold a large-scale event to celebrate.

Since Li Tian has this intention, the queen will naturally not stop him, not only to do it, but also to do it so that everyone is amazed.

So, the queen described the appearance of the blissful banquet she imagined to Sophia who had never attended an oriental banquet.

Coupled with the fueling and fueling of several other concubines, the prototype of this grand banquet with both the beauty of the East and the glory of the West gradually formed an impression in Sophia's heart.

"This banquet should be suitable for everyone to attend. For a universal celebration, not only should there be dignitaries, but also their wives and sons, and even representatives of the common people."

"In this banquet, there must be a place where people can drink freely regardless of status or class, there must be delicious food that can be eaten as much as you want, and there must be a wonderful and unforgettable performance!..."

It wasn't just that Sophia couldn't remember when the queen made so many requests at once.

Even the other concubines beside her also said worriedly,
"Empress, I have to prepare so many things at once. Is there enough time? You know, the banquet is scheduled for the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is less than three days away!"

The queen smiled slightly,
"Other places may take ten days and half a month, and they may not be able to prepare well for such a grand event, but where is the palace.

Every Spring Festival, the palace basically prepares a lot of materials for preparing the banquet.

Regardless of whether it is the preparation of ingredients and wine, preparations have already begun a few months ago.

In addition, there are so many people in the palace, they are at their disposal.

There is no reason why it is too late to have people and things, and things to have things! "

After all the housekeepers said that, what else could they say, and they all nodded to express their understanding.

In fact, the queen was right.

For ordinary people, it is indeed not an easy task to prepare a grand banquet.

But the imperial palace is different. To put it bluntly, the entire capital is actually revolving around this imperial city, even if the manpower in the palace is insufficient.

As long as the emperor makes a decree, the entire capital will follow suit.

The emperor wanted to watch a play, but he couldn't find anyone in the palace. The four major theater troupes in the capital, a dozen or so theater gardens, and a few random people could gather enough people.

Not enough lanterns?
With one purpose, all the lantern-making workshops in the capital started work overnight, and it was not difficult to produce 1 lanterns in three days.

In fact, this is just, to a serious place.

The real situation is that there is actually nothing lacking in the palace.

Take lanterns as an example, almost every year, a batch of well-made lanterns will be presented from various places for royal use.

It can be regarded as a gift for the emperor by the governors of various places. Basically, it is made by the most skilled craftsmen in the locality, and the quality will definitely not be bad.

Every year, the lanterns in the palace are inexhaustible.

Even if there are some more, the emperor will treat them as rewards and reward them to meritorious ministers.

Every year is a batch, accumulated year by year, the warehouse of the palace has long been filled with good things accumulated over the years.

Some people may think that the things in the palace will be thrown away after one year of use, or disposed of at will.

In fact, these are all wrong guesses.

Sometimes, royal frugality may be more serious than that of ordinary people.

Take the couplets posted in the palace as an example.

The more important places are basically the works of famous calligraphers in this dynasty.

If these things are thrown away after a year of use, it would be a waste of money.

Even if the others are not the works of everyone, most of them are handwritten by the emperor or that prince, which also has special commemorative significance.

It is often dug out and remembered again.

Therefore, there is never a shortage of good things in the palace, what is lacking is people who can reuse them.

But that doesn't mean you don't need to prepare anything.

Naturally, there is no need to worry too much about arranging the banquet venue.

However, the food suitable for this kind of banquet still needs to be prepared in advance.

Sophia still needs to design and re-customize some lamps, tableware and other things with western characteristics.

Fortunately, there is Tiangongyuan, a place where talents are born in large numbers.

As long as she can think of it, there is nothing Tiangongyuan can't make.

After visiting the glass workshop of Tiangongyuan, Sophia fully understood how terrifying Daming's current glass-making technology is.

In order to have a good time, she deliberately replaced a lot of tableware, lamps and other things with various glass products of different colors.

Just imagine casually, being in a grand banquet full of glazed products, among other things, so many colored glazed utensils with such repeated and beautiful styles are enough to shock many people's jaws.

The royal banquet preparation team composed of the queen, Sophia and several concubines spent a whole afternoon designing this grand banquet that was destined to be recorded in history.

Although the time was not long, neither Sophia nor the queen had a bad eye.

The result of their joint efforts must not be ordinary.

But Li Tian didn't know what kind of special effect this banquet would have in the end.

Because he was busy at this time, helping Zhang Qinghua and others to sort out various accounts of the milk tea shop and tea house.

The milk tea shop only opened for half a day today, and the shop assistants were already on holiday by Zhang Qinghua, and they all went home to prepare for the New Year.

At this time, there were only Zhang Qinghua, the third wife, Sun Ruowei, and Li Tian left in the shop.

Li Tian never thought that he would really have a day when counting money until his hands cramp.

I don't know if it's because of the business in the last half of the year, or because the petty bourgeoisie in the capital have gotten used to drinking a cup of milk tea every day.

The milk tea sold in a few days is extremely fast, even more than the previous whole day!

A cup of [-] Wen, only the store sells [-] cups, that is [-] Wen, that is, [-] Guan, and there are almost three to four thousand cups for delivery, but these thousands of cups are sold in the form of powder out,

It does not require the staff in the store to brew, but it is more labor-saving than the thousand cups in the store!

(End of this chapter)