"Cut a piece and taste it!"

Chen Xu asked the chef of the Hou Mansion to cut a piece of the largest piece. As expected, this piece should be the first super big five-nut mooncake made by Xinger.

Sure enough, as the chef cut the mooncakes open, kernels such as dried apricots and plums were exposed, and a rich and sweet smell filled the entire kitchen.

"Mr. Marquis, please try it first!"

With the sound of gulp, the chef personally handed Chen Xu a small piece on the fork with a flattering face.

"Well~ It's delicious, delicious, fragrant and sweet. Choose a few to send to the restaurant for several ladies to taste. Cut the rest into pieces and try fresh..." Nodded repeatedly while eating.

"Yeho, thank you, Marquis!"

A warm cheer sounded instantly in the kitchen yard. A kitchen worker chose a few pieces of good quality to send them to the restaurant. The rest were cut into small pieces. The hundreds of people watching each divided a small piece. They carefully held the mooncakes with their hands and licked and bit them to work.

The delicacies made by the Marquis can only taste fresh every time. It is impossible to eat enough and eat well.

But this is this small piece of mooncake, which can be taken out to show off for a long time, allowing those low-level servants to drool for a few days, and even used it to seduce a little servant to have a happy evening.

Chen Xu came to the restaurant again and found that two or three hundred mooncakes were densely prepared on the dining table, all of which were large and small, but these mooncakes were neatly placed on several different chopping boards according to different sizes and styles. It should be that several women made different styles according to the fillings and made them easy to distinguish.

At this time, a group of people in the restaurant had also started to taste mooncakes, each of whom had a small piece of it and smiled.

"Brother, come and eat it, the meat filling is the most delicious!" Seeing Chen Xu come in, Xing'er yelled while eating.

"Shu, the meat stuffing is the most unpalatable!" Chen Xu curled his lips disdainfully and picked up a piece of osmanthus bean paste stuffing.

As a mooncake, he only eats sweet and delicious food. In addition to five kernels, lotus paste and bean paste can also be accepted, and even egg yolks can be tried. Only Chen Xu, who has the flavor of bacon and ham, stayed away from it.

This is a mooncake, okay, it’s not a bun meat cake, why do you have to make it into meat filling? Mooncakes should be sweet, and all the chili and salt tastes heresy.

"Brother Xiaoxu is right, I love to eat Wuren!" Yu Ji's face was full of cake dregs.

"The bean paste is the most delicious!" Meng Wan said.

"Pickled duck egg yolks are the most fragrant!" Ying Shiman also spoke.

"The osmanthus is delicious!" Shui tasted it gently and nodded.

"Mr. Marquis, are every mooncake actually delicious?" Fan Caiying gently helped Chen Xu sit down.

"It seems that everyone has different tastes. Fortunately, I prepared several different fillings this time!" Chen Xu smiled proudly.

After a few mooncakes were finished quickly, Chen Xu ordered the chef to take the prepared mooncakes to continue baking, and then instructed the housekeeper to prepare some dessert boxes for mooncakes.

The day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the mooncakes prepared in advance will naturally be tasted for the emperor and several imperial concubines. Moreover, there are four wives now, so we cannot favor one or the other. Meng Yi, Shui Fan, and his own father and mother are far away in Qinghe Town. Although the festival will definitely be over when sent back, this kind of desire needs to be expressed and send them the newly invented snacks to taste.

In the afternoon of the same day, the hot and freshly baked mooncakes were packed in more than 20 boxes, and some of them were arranged to send them to Wancheng with guards and servants in the mansion to Shui, Fan, father and mother, and Niu Dashi each, and the remaining various flavors were packed in a few pieces. The next morning, Chen Xu took Ying Shiman and Chen Xi to the palace to pay homage to Qin Shihuang and Concubine Yun, and sent ten boxes of mooncakes, and also gave a jar of small grinding sesame oil.

Qin Shihuang liked this delicious and delicious new snack that Chen Xu gave me very much. He tasted one or two pieces of each of them and asked the imperial kitchen to send one or two pieces of money to his favorite concubines. As for the remaining concubines and palace maids, he didn't care about it. The harem was too large and there were too many people, and many women had never seen it in person since they snatched it back.

"Aiqing is indeed a master of food, and this mooncake is indeed extremely delicious!" In the imperial garden, the king and his minister were walking, while Qin Shihuang was holding a piece of mooncake in his hand to praise him.

"This mooncake indicates the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion. I am making this thing in hopes that all the people in the world can reunite their families and be happy and healthy in the mid-autumn harvest!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Well, this meaning is profound. The moon is full in the middle autumn. Since ancient times, there have been etiquettes of worshiping the moon god. In recent years, my dear ministers have tried their best to implement various reforms. Both the court and the people have shown prosperity and prosperity. They have successively destroyed the Xiongnu Donghu to conquer the Yuezhi. The Qin Dynasty has already become prosperous and prosperous. I am very pleased. In the future, the Zhongqiu sacrifice will be sacrificed. I will offer some moon cakes to the ancestors of the Taimiao, so that the ancestors of the Qin Dynasty will know that I have not embarrassed them..." The emperor slowly tasted the moon cakes.

"Your Majesty, now the Xiang rebels have been pacified, and the Western Regions have been constantly pioneering and enterprising under the command of General Meng. The surrounding area is peaceful and the country is peaceful, the grain is abundant every year, and the people are becoming more and more peaceful. This is a grand occasion that China has never seen in history. At such a harvest season, why don't Your Majesty hold a great festival celebration and enjoy it with the people to demonstrate Your Majesty's unparalleled saint virtue?"

Festivals, inherited from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, are celebrations for the nobles and kings. However, for the common people, the meaning and atmosphere of the festival are not strong. A grand ceremony for all people to enjoy and fix it will give the people a more relaxed opportunity and use a lively festival to set off the atmosphere, so that the people will have more recognition and belonging to the country and the nation.

"My dear proposal is good. It is indeed a celebration to have fun with the people. However, in addition to the sacrificial ritual, there are also some lively activities. Since Mr. Wang talks about it, have you ever had any good suggestions?" Qin Shihuang walked to a stone bench and sat down and nodded.

"As long as your majesty agrees, I will naturally make arrangements. On the night of the full moon in the middle of the autumn, I can set off fireworks and hang colorful flags and dance lions to celebrate. I have also invented a blessing lantern. At that time, Your Majesty and the princesses of the imperial concubines and princesses can write a blessing on the lanterns and fly these lanterns to the sky to pray for the gods to bless me, the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty!"

"There are actually lanterns that can soar?" Qin Shihuang was surprised and his interest increased greatly.

"Yes, this kind of lantern is simple to make. Just use some light silk. When you are released in the square at night, the lights in the sky will definitely be very beautiful!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Haha, okay, I really have many wonderful ideas. This matter will be done by my dear. On the full moon night in the middle of the autumn, I look forward to my dear lights performance. At that time, I will lead several dear concubines and all the princes and princesses to release the blessing lanterns to enjoy the people!" Qin Shihuang happily held Chen Xu's hand and couldn't stop smiling.

"Yes, I will make arrangements later. I will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty and the millions of people in Xianyang!"

Half an hour later, Chen Xu left the palace and returned to the mansion and took Meng Wan to visit Meng Yi's mansion with a few boxes of mooncakes. At the same time, he told me about the emperor's intention to set off fireworks and lanterns on the night of mid-autumn. Meng Yi naturally didn't care, so he just ate a few mooncakes.

Just when Chen Xu visited Mengyi's mansion, a decree to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival was passed down from the palace, allowing the government offices of the three provinces and six ministries to hang colorful flags and lanterns. The Lieutenant's Mansion also asked the people in the city to notify the people in Xianyang on the Mid-Autumn Festival night that there was no curfew at night, and people were allowed to hang colorful flags and lanterns at their doorsteps and business houses. In the evening of that day, the emperor would also bring many imperial concubines, princesses to tour the Central Street of Xianyang to enjoy the people.

As soon as the news came out, the whole of Xianyang was very lively. A large number of civilians and merchants began to prepare and began to clean the courtyard and hang lanterns at the door of their homes. This kind of festival celebration in which all peoples enjoyed each other had never been there before. Even after conquering the Huns and Donghu three years ago, it was just an official act. The people just watched a fireworks, and there was no question of a festival celebration. This time, the emperor ordered the celebration of the Zhongqiu Harvest Festival and did not turn off the lights at night to enjoy the people. This was a truly common festival.

After visiting his two father-in-law, Chen Xu went straight to the School of Literature and asked the School of Literature to prepare some simple riddles, and he also took out more than 10,000 yuan to place the money in the lanterns with riddles written. Anyone who guessed it can take the lanterns and bonuses home, using this method to stimulate the public's enthusiasm for active participation. In addition, Chen Xu also asked the newspaper to print a special issue of Zhongqiu, and printed tens of thousands of copies overnight in Xianyang, publishing all the various activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival clearly.

It only took two days to look extremely urgent, but Chen Xu's identity is already very different now. If the identity of the Zuo Prime Minister issued any order, the government offices would almost move quickly. By the next night, the whole Xianyang looked very different. Not only the houses and shops were completely renewed, but even the buses running around the city were painted with blessings such as Happy Mid-Autumn Festival and the full moon.
Chapter completed!