Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

"Hahahaha, the prince is joking. If you, Prince Ji, don't have enough food to eat, everyone in the world will starve to death."

Hearing Li Shen's complaint, Dang Renhong laughed loudly.

He has heard of this too,

Don't think that the governors and governors in various places don't know anything when they are in the field. In addition to the imperial newspaper issued by the imperial court every month, they also

The imperial envoys in the capital would also pass some information back, so that the governors and governors could understand some of the goings-on in Chang'an City or the court.

Moreover, many governors and governors from other places will arrange for some clan members to live in Chang'an for a long time. These people are responsible for delivering news.

Who is favored today, who is punished, whom the emperor favors, and so on, all positive, negative, market, and even hearsay news will be reported.

"To the Governor, it's time to have a meal." At this time, a maid came over to report.

"Okay, okay, Your Majesty, please, let Your Majesty taste our Lingnan specialties today."

Dang Renhong stood up and made an inviting gesture to Li Shen.

Li Shen also wanted to see more. Cantonese cuisine is also one of the eight major cuisines.

He wanted to know what these eight major cuisines were like during the Tang Dynasty.

After following Dang Renhong to the dining room and taking a seat, Li Shen looked at the dishes on the table in front of him and fell silent.

Li Shen knew some of the dishes on the table and some he didn't recognize, but they were all birds and animals.

Except for a few things, he had never eaten anything else.

"Come, Your Majesty, let me introduce you to Your Majesty."

He pointed to the farthest dish from Li Shen and said:

"Your Majesty, this is an oyster. It is a kind of food in the sea. The meat is tender and smooth in the mouth."

Li Shen took a look and recognized that these were oysters. Li Shen had only eaten garlic oysters before.

Dang Renhong pointed to a dish next to him and said,

"This is steamed snake meat, and the meat is also delicious."

"This is steamed cattail fish."

"This is boiled clams."

Dang Renhong introduced Li Shen to Li Shen in the same way. Li Shen could accept some of the previous things and had eaten them in his previous life.

For example, octopus, scallops, tortoise, Li Shen has eaten all of these, but the methods are different, but they are all novel.

For example, there is a frog stew soup. Dang Renhong said that first put some taro pieces into the pot, then add the frogs and simmer.

The frog will hug the taro tightly. After cooking, you can add spices and salt. Not only can you drink the soup, but the frog can also be fished out and eaten.

Li Shen can still accept these seven dishes. He has eaten them all in his previous life.

But Wang Xuance, Xue Rengui, Tieniu and others on the side were all dumbfounded. They looked at Dang Renhong as if they were monsters.

They really have never heard of it or seen it.

Even a careless person like Tieniu felt a little scared, thinking that the Lingnan people didn't know how to eat people.

Just the first seven dishes alone frightened them.

Dang Renhong glanced at Li Shen secretly and found that Li Shen's face was calm and relaxed, and he couldn't help but admire him in his heart.

As expected of His Majesty's son, he is indeed fearless in the face of danger, and his expression remains unchanged despite the collapse of Mount Tai.

He believed that Li Shen had never eaten these dishes even if he was rich in Chang'an, and he might not have even heard of them.

This can be seen from the few subordinates around King Ji.

But if you look at King Ji and the people around him, they are completely different.

For the eighth dish, Dang Renhong opened the lid first.

"Your Majesty, this is roasted owl meat, and it tastes great."

"Owl?" Li Shen heard this and stood up to watch curiously.

What I saw on the plate was food that looked like barbecued birds.

Li Shen was looking carefully but didn't recognize what it was.

"Dang Commander, what is this owl?" Li Shen asked.

"Your Highness Prince Ji, this owl is a kind of bird, but this kind of bird has no neck, and it hunts at night and sleeps during the day. It has big eyes."

Dang Renhong described it to Li Shen.

Li Shen thought about it for a while. He had big eyes and no neck. He was a bird that comes out to hunt at night.

Damn it, isn't this an owl?

Thinking of this, Li Shen looked carefully again, and the more he looked, the more they looked like each other.

Li Shen had never heard of eating owls in his previous life, but although he was surprised, it was not that shocking to Li Shen, a later generation.

In the future world, except for humans who will not eat humans, there will be no living creatures that humans will not eat.

So Li Shen soon calmed down.

Next, Dang Renhong introduced two more dishes.

One is stewed peacock, and the other is peacock bacon.

Another thing that Li Shen didn't expect was the barbecue elephant trunk.

Li Shen looked at the dishes on the table and thought to himself: Are all Lingnan people so good-natured? Can an elephant’s trunk be eaten?

But for Li Shen, of course he has to try something delicious.

As the host and guest, Li Shen picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the tortoise pork first, nodding his head.

"Well, it's really good. This soup should be delicious."

Chunxiang Dongmei on the side immediately scooped out a bowl of soup with Li Shen's special small bowl and spoon and placed it in front of Li Shen.

Li Shen took a sip and it was indeed delicious. Seeing that Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance were not moving, Li Shen said in confusion:

"Rengui, Xuance, you two did eat it. It was delicious. You won't have this opportunity when you go back to Chang'an. I have to thank the Governor Dang for his warm hospitality."

"Haha, everything is what a lower official should do." As he spoke, Dang Renhong poured a glass of wine for Li Shen.

"Your Majesty, this is also the tribute wine that your Majesty has given to me. I have never been willing to drink it. I would like to give you a drink."

After hearing this, Li Shen picked up his wine glass, and Wang Xuance also picked up his wine glass.

"This general is..." Xue Rengui has been arranging work outside, and only now did Dang Renhong have the opportunity to ask.

"Oh, the party commander doesn't know something. This is our Sima of Prince Ji's Mansion, Xue Rengui. General Xue, and the subordinate are jointly responsible for the affairs of Prince Ji's Mansion."

Wang Xuance answered on behalf of Li Shen.

"Oh, it turns out to be Xue Sima, disrespectful." Dang Renhong said enthusiastically.

"I have met the party commander." Xue Rengui also saluted.

Dang Renhong didn't expect that Li Shen would bring two chief officers of Prince Ji's Mansion, one civil and one military, with him. Doesn't Prince Ji's Mansion not have to manage it?

Although King Ji did not have a position, he still had various memorials. Whoever came out of Wang Xuance would submit the memorials.

How did he know that Prince Ji's Mansion had registered with the clan and Li Shimin, but often failed to report or report to the public?

Li Xiaogong of the clan went to Li Shimin to complain more than once.

And Li Shimin reprimanded Li Shen countless times.

But Li Shen still went his own way. Fortunately, he had a capable general named Wang Xuance, who took care of everything every time.

"Is Xue Sima not good at drinking?" Dang Renhong asked.

I propose a toast, and you princes all give me face, so why don’t you give me face?

"I have official duties, so it is inconvenient for me to drink. Please forgive me, Governor of the Party." Xue Rengui replied in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.

"Dang Commander, Rengui never drinks alcohol when he goes out with me. This is the rule in the army of Prince Ji.

We don't need to worry about it, we're just here to have a drink. "

Li Shen said.

(The cuisine in this article comes from "Chu Nan Shi Yi Yuan Eighteen Association Laws" and "Ling Biao Lu Yi")