The next morning, Chen Xu submitted the memorial to the emperor. After hearing Chen Xu's statement, the emperor nodded without hesitation. Therefore, after the court dispersed, Chen Xu asked Chen Ping, Li Shun and An Yuliang to discuss the specific preparations for the Tongyi Library.

At present, the Ministry of Rites has a special Dianke Office, which is a department that specializes in dealing with foreign tribes. All foreign envoys and even the royal family of foreign officials arrested by the arrest are managed by the Dianke Office.

Li Shun returned successfully because he was on the mission to Yuezhi and found out the news inside the Yuezhi, which allowed Meng Tian to quickly conquer Yuezhi. Li Shun was promoted to a fifth-rank official by the royal family as an important hero, and specialized in managing the exchanges between envoys from various countries.

After conquering the Yuezhi, the emperor rewarded all the soldiers who participated in conquering the Yuezhi based on the merits of the Ministry of War. Ying Bu proposed a plan and personally led the blood puzzle of the three thousand horsemen to delay the battle between the Yuezhi and the Qiang people, and was awarded the title of the fourth level by the emperor. Now the martial name has reached the level 14, and has become another rapidly rising star in the northwest army. If he continues to conquer the tribes of the Western Regions and then goes up to the next level, he can be ranked in the court and enter the ranks of generals. However, as for the title of marquis, it is still far from being. The surroundings of the Qin Dynasty are no longer the situation surrounding the Huns and Hus. There are no more dangers around the Qin Dynasty. When it comes to destroying some small tribes, the emperor will be much more stingy in the rewards.

The translation museum prepared by Chen Xu is located in Dianke Office. As a fourth-level yamen, it is responsible for the translation work of external liaison. However, the specific training operation is the School of Literature, which is considered to be a translation class under the School of Literature. After graduation, those who pass the class will be assigned to Dianke Office, and their identities will naturally become low-level officials. This is also a good way for ordinary people to become gentry by learning to enter the officialdom.

At present, there are some officials who are proficient in Yue, Hu, Qiang and Yuezhi languages, but they have almost no understanding of the language of tribes such as Wusun, Loulan, Cheshi, Yanqi, and Xinli, which rely more on the West. Li Xin and Jiang Hu's army attacked westward, and they could only obtain information through translations between different races. This kind of content that was passed down countless times by word of mouth is probably not very reliable, and there will be many errors.

When dealing with Chen Xu's arrangements, Chen Ping, Li Shun and An Yuliang naturally had to cooperate fully. After returning, they collected and selected translation talents in newspapers and the School of Literature to study in systematically. Chen Xu also asked the Secretariat to send orders to Meng Tian, ​​asking him to collect some people who are proficient in languages ​​and characters in the Western Regions to send them to Xianyang to the Translation Museum and the School of Literature.

After this matter was arranged, Chen Xu was a little relieved. In addition to instructing the servants in the mansion and the students from the Agricultural College to take care of putting all the sesame seeds into the warehouse, he also prepared to make a common dessert in later generations to add some atmosphere to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival started very early, but was formed very late.

In the Book of Rites of Zhou, there are records of "The month of mid-autumn nourishes aging, and performs porridge and diet." and "The emperor's spring sun, autumn sun, autumn sun, and autumn sun.".

In other words, when the moon is full in the middle of the autumn, the princes and kings will worship the moon and celebrate the harvest, and they will also eat some porridge to add to the festive atmosphere. Although the name Mid-Autumn Festival is not yet known, the Mid-Autumn Festival has gradually evolved into a fixed festival. However, this festival is only an official habit and the folk are not too lively. The main reason is that the people are too poor and cannot afford to eat. In addition to kowtowing to the moon to express their gratitude to the moon god at night, there are basically no entertainment activities. The Mid-Autumn Festival lantern festival and the custom of eating moon cakes did not start to become lively until the Tang and Song dynasties. This process has been dragged on for hundreds or thousands of years.

Guanzi said: If the granaries are full, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace.

Only when people have enough food and clothing can they have more spiritual needs and focus on civilization and politeness. People who are hungry every day with their chests on their backs are not in the mood to be polite and talk about morality. It is better to dig a grassroots that can fill their stomachs by saying more without nutrition.

Many festivals in China were actually slowly formed at the peak of the Tang and Song dynasties' high prosperity of Chinese civilization. From this we can see that the Tang and Song dynasties was indeed the most prosperous time in China.

Although the Mid-Autumn Festival has not officially appeared yet, as a foodie who must eat every festival, it is still necessary to find an opportunity to eat delicious food for yourself.

Mooncakes have transformed into a tangled food and snack in the 21st century when material was extremely rich. However, in this era when they were so poor that they were eating soil, mooncakes must be an extremely luxurious and very delicious food. Even when Chen Xu was young, he waited for the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and he still wanted to eat a few delicious mooncakes to be considered a real holiday. As for lantern riddles, it was something that the city people do. Rural people just moved a bench and sat under the moon and chatted with their neighbors.

To make mooncakes, you must have sesame oil.

And this year, sesame seeds happened to be there.

This seems to be a special gift from God who specially arranged for him, a glorious messenger who came to Daqin to spread foodie civilization.

So as soon as the sesame seeds were harvested, Chen Xu asked dozens of kilograms of sesame seeds to wash them with water and soak them for half a day. After the sesame seeds absorb enough water, drain them for a while.

There are two ways to make sesame oil. One is pressing, which is like pressing rapeseed oil. After frying, grind it, then put it on a millet and iron ring to make an oil cake, and put it on a hydraulic press to continuously press it. The most common sesame oil is squeezed out. It is also possible now, just like making tea tree oil. However, this sesame oil will precipitate. In fact, the more popular sesame oil in later generations is called small grinding sesame oil. It can be made by ordinary farmers. It only requires a pair of stone mills. Chen Xu met his father and mother when he was a child. The process was very simple, and he tested the technology when filtering oil. Every time his father took it himself, otherwise there would be a lot of water in the jar.

Because the Hou Mansion has a great business, hundreds of people have to eat, drink, defecate and slap every day, there are now several pairs of stone mills in the Hou Mansion. They grind noodles and tofu on a daily basis. Chen Xu asked the manager to clean one of the stone mills, and then asked someone to drain the sesame seeds after being drained in water and slowly fry them in a large iron pot.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

In the yard, a large iron pot was stir-fried with sesame seeds, and a large group of people gathered around the iron pot to watch the fun. As the sesame seeds were slowly stirred, a touching and rich fragrance gradually emanated, spreading to the entire Marquis' Mansion, so the onlookers couldn't help but drool and stir up.

"Mr. Marquis, can this mahjong satisfy his cravings?" As a servant in the foodie Marquis's mansion, although he treats Chen Xu very respectfully on weekdays, he is also very familiar with Chen Xu. He often jokes about asking for some food and is still very casual.

Chen Xu himself couldn't help but grab a handful and stuff it into his mouth. He nodded while eating. So a group of servants and maids who were watching rushed forward, each of whom grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth. In the blink of an eye, a large pot of sesame seeds were missing.

"It smells so fragrant, I've never eaten such delicious food!"

The crowd was full of excitement and shouted loudly. Chen Xu was not stingy. He simply fryed the first pot and put it in a pottery pot. He sent some to the inner courtyard to keep it for Xing'er and Yu Ji and a few wives as snacks. All the rest were distributed to the servants and guards to satisfy their cravings.

After the second pot is fryed, the stall is opened and cooled, and then sent to the mill. Grind it into sesame paste with a stone mill. After the sesame paste is fryed and grinded it into sesame paste, then pour the sesame paste into the iron pot with firewood removed. He ordered a few pots of boiling water to slowly pour it into the sesame paste. At the same time, the kitchen staff kept stirring it with wooden sticks, and then scoop out all the sesame paste with water and put it in a wooden barrel to stand and let it cool.

Because the specific gravity of oil and water is different, after a few hours of rest, the sesame residue and water will settle down below, while the oil will float on the water, forming two separate layers. At this time, use a conduit and a wooden scoop to scoop out the oil floating on it and let it sit for two days. Some residues and water will continue to settle down. The final result is the mellow and clear small-milled sesame oil.

Chen Xu taught the manager and several chefs this step and then left the blame. After all, the process is very simple. He must master the skills when filtering oil and cannot mix the water and oil.

With sesame oil, Chen Xu did not have to wait to start making mooncakes. After all, it was still several days before the Mid-Autumn Festival. In order to make mooncakes, various fillings, molds and special ovens have to be prepared.

Chen Xu has been struggling with the stuffing for a long time. As a great foodie country, it has a vast territory and a vast territory. The living habits and tastes of different groups in the east, south, west and north are completely different. Just like tofu brain, the south has to eat sweet things, the north has to eat salty things, and the people in Shu have to eat spicy things, and they have also launched regional attacks. Therefore, the taste of mooncakes is the same. Cantonese mooncakes, trendy mooncakes, Beijing-style mooncakes, and Su-style mooncakes have their own characteristics, including five-nut, lotus paste, bean paste, and egg yolks. The regional attack mode of netizens across the country is more colorful, and they have to scold a few words to satisfy their cravings every time they eat.

After a few times of confusion, Chen Xu decided to make the types of mooncakes more colorful, so he arranged for the housekeeper to prepare some of the various fillings. As a food appearance of the Qin Empire, he naturally had to complete all the flavors at one time so that the people of the whole country could convince them.

As for the mold, it is very simple. Just draw the graphics and arrange the skilled carpenters to make a few of them with date wood. As for the patterns and fonts, it is naturally more festive and auspicious.

The last and most important thing is the oven. The most convenient one is naturally the electric oven, but it is hard to deal with it now. The Chinese foodie country has been passed down for thousands of years. The mooncakes made when there is no electricity are still very sweet, but this oven needs to be specially customized.

In order to evenly heat the mooncakes, Chen Xu specially made a special oven, made a stove with bricks and yellow mud, separated by furnace teeth to form three layers of upper, middle and lower, and placed charcoal fires in the upper and lower layers, and placed ovens in the middle. It is not difficult to design the size according to the stove size. After designing the drawings to the blacksmith shop for Gongshusheng and hemp rods to create them.
Chapter completed!