In the beginning, he was ranked alongside An Shigeng as a spoiled brat.

Caravans passing through Luzon brought abalone, black-boned chicken, and snow rabbit from the southern continent...

Therefore, at Liaokou Wharf, a large amount of supplies can be seen arriving from all directions every day, making people marvel at the extravagance of the Zhang family this time.

These items, gathered from all corners of the world, could easily have been used to host a grand banquet for universal harmony.

Chapter 874 The Butcher's Heavy Responsibility

Hiss...

Paoding and the others stared in shock at the warehouse before them, which had previously served as an underground icehouse for the Later Jin dynasty.

At this time, there were tens of thousands of slaughtered, fat pigs, as well as fat sheep, fat beef, seafood... mountains of ingredients, a truly spectacular sight.

Even as the head chef of Guanhailou Restaurant, Paoding was dumbfounded and trembling.

The underground ice storage at Guanhailou is filled with fresh ingredients, which will not be kept for more than three days.

But it's different here. All kinds of prepared ingredients are slaughtered directly after they arrive, and then transported to the icehouse of the ancient ice to be stored.

Although it's frozen meat, it's kept fresh when taken out in this absolute zero environment.

And trembling?

They are the ones who are about to process these ingredients; they are people, not machines.

Even if there were five million catties of pork fat, they couldn't possibly process that much food, let alone the beef fat and mutton from black goats, which are all delicate processing techniques.

"Masters, you'll have to work hard this time!"

Looking at the many master chefs behind him, Butcher Ding couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Even with trembling hands and feet, I still had to get things done.

To ensure the wedding banquet went smoothly, Paoding was appointed as the head chef for the grand banquet. Zhang Xiaoshan had Tashimoro practice the Wedding Dress Divine Skill and instilled it in him.

It's a crash course version completed within three months, but it's still a Grandmaster-level peak of external martial arts training.

Therefore, the responsibility of bestowing power upon someone is so great that even a skilled butcher would not dare to neglect it in the slightest and could only undertake this super task.

Tashimoro, who cultivates the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, also trusts Zhang Xiaoshan and hopes to become stronger.

The secrets of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill are known to everyone in the entire Nine Provinces.

Destruction precedes construction, and victory is achieved!

Although at this time, Tashimoro was already at the peak of the external martial arts realm, comparable to a top-level grandmaster.

But whether it's trying to uncover the secrets of the Pure Yang Purple Qi that can bring the dead back to life, or breaking down and rebuilding with the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, both are worth the challenge for him, allowing him to become stronger.

What's more, Zhang Xiaoshan's generosity is amazing—there's plenty of dragonfish meat!

Furthermore, the gift from the Great Snow Mountain—the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus—was presented as a divine medicine to help Tashimoluo restore his primordial energy.

The pure yang purple qi's ability to bring the dead back to life, the transformative power of the millennia-old divine medicine, and the absolute nourishment of five thousand catties of dragon fish meat left Tashimoro with no power to resist.

If he only cultivates the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, it might only make him stronger.

But with all these factors combined, he, Tashimoro, will surely become even stronger and become a powerful being at the highest level of the Celestial Realm.

Therefore, even without Tashimala, others would be willing to give it a try.

However, Zhang Xiaoshan still chose Tashimoro.

Tashimoro was a master of external martial arts, and with years of arduous training in the Great Snow Mountain, his willpower and endurance were top-notch, in no way inferior to Yan Nantian.

Therefore, in just three months, he managed to cultivate the Wedding Dress Divine Skill to 90% of its potential.

Moreover, Zhang Xiaoshan also wanted to show off the Zhang family's strength.

Even after Tashi Moro had mastered the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, Zhang Xiaoshan wouldn't mind showing him the Zhang family's true trump card—the Tathagata Palm of the Great Monk Xingyin.

There's even an unusual figure like Chi Yuan.

At that time, the two top experts from the Central Plains will be able to make Tashimoro understand that the Central Plains are not as simple as he imagined.

As for dragonfish meat?

Although the diet in the snowy mountains is mainly vegetarian, Tantric Buddhism does not prohibit meat.

Like Taoists, they eat "three kinds of pure meat" (meat that is neither killed nor kept clean).

Furthermore, the Buddhist precept against eating meat did not initially refer to abstaining from meat. It was only after Emperor Wu of Liang issued an edict that it gradually evolved into the precept that Han Chinese monks could not eat meat or drink alcohol.

Therefore, faced with the highly nourishing effects of dragonfish meat, which could cause him to grow at least two or three feet taller, Tashi Moro had no scruples whatsoever.

The art of physical training can cause a sudden increase in height of two or three feet, which is due to a surge in qi and blood.

At that time, any punch he throws will be comparable to the full power of the Dragon Elephant Divine Power, and Tashi Moro will naturally be overjoyed.

Even if one breaks the vow, it might be like sexual indiscretion, without any restraint.

Under Zhang Xiaoshan's temptation, Tashimoluo practiced the quick-learning divine skill for three months and was enlightened as a butcher.

Only the empowerment of true qi through the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill" could enable the butcher to achieve the state of true qi being as responsive as his own arm, without distinction, in a short period of time.

Add to that the blood energy of a peak-level cultivator and the wedding dress true qi of a grandmaster.

He then swung the giant pot that Zhang Xiaoshan had prepared.

Like leaping over the Dragon Gate overnight, Paoding became one of the top blacklisted masters in the martial arts world.

Only Paoding, among the Zhang family's chefs, was a top-notch master and could take on this important task.

"Master Chef Ding, get ready!"

The others didn't have the butcher's complaints, because they were just side dishes.

In addition, the Zhang family had treated them well, and the wedding banquet drew huge crowds, so everyone was full of anticipation.

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Such a top-tier banquet is extremely rare.

Moreover, the ingredients prepared by the Zhang family are top-quality items from the restaurants where they usually work.

With top-quality seafood, premium beef and lamb, and even rare ingredients like butter, cream, and milk powder, it's a truly exceptional collaboration.

First stage of preparation – rendering lard!

Cooking with lard is an essential part of a banquet.

This is the difference between meticulousness and high volume.

Fine dishes naturally prefer top-quality rapeseed oil, olive oil, and butter from overseas; only some official dishes from the north use lard.

As for high-volume production, good quality lard doesn't require their help much; a few pointers are all it takes for their apprentices to be able to cook delicious meals.

However, they need to watch over it themselves.

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The fat from these large white pigs is of the highest quality; if cooked for a slightly longer or longer period of time, the flavor will undergo subtle changes.

For these top-notch chefs, this is absolutely unacceptable.

After all, they didn't want to tarnish their reputation by being listed as a nominee this time.

"Let's start cooking!"

At this time, a distance of nearly ten zhang was separated in front of the Prince's Mansion.

Ten feet away, there were rows of large pots, each eight feet in diameter, neatly arranged in front of the Prince's Palace.

At this moment, the crowd of people, regardless of rank, who were watching the spectacle, thought that the Zhang family was going to distribute porridge.

However, to their astonishment, they saw the royal guards place pieces of oil into a large pot, weighing tens of thousands of kilograms, and start cooking them simultaneously.

Hiss...

Seeing this scene, even the common people were speechless, never expecting the Zhang family to be so magnanimous.

Moreover, to their astonishment, the oil in these large pots was only just beginning to boil.

I endured it for three days in a row, a total of nine times.

Apart from the best lard, the Zhang family simply gave away all the other leftover lard and cracklings.

Each household receives a share based on the number of people in their household.

Even so, the Zhang family only gave away one-tenth of the donation.

The remaining substandard lard and cracklings were sent to the Zhang family's workshops, factories, and mines...

After all, the Zhang family couldn't use all that lard except for what they needed for their own needs.

In addition to lard, the Zhang family also had a lot of leftover pork belly to make lion's head meatballs, braised pork belly, or other meat dishes.

Chapter 875 Heroes Gather in Shangjing, Gifts from Miao Territory

Fire!

Before dawn, a furious roar echoed throughout the entire palace.

However, instead of firing cannons, they started cooking and preparing a feast.

The thirteen chefs and three hundred apprentices that the Zhang family had brought from Jiangnan immediately began to get busy.

First came the cold dishes, nine in total – four plates each of candied fruit and pastries, plus a plate of milk candy.

Outside the mansion were five plates: two plates each of candied fruit and pastries, and one plate of milk candy.

It wasn't that the Zhang family was giving them special treatment; rather, all the distinguished guests who entered the mansion were either rich or powerful, and they all arrived with invitations, personally invited by Zhang Xiaoshan.

The banquet outside is a continuous flow of food; if a table inside costs a thousand gold coins, then a table outside costs at most a hundred gold coins, or even less.

Even dragonfish meat is only served on the tables of the mansion and Zhang Family Restaurant.

It's not that the Zhang family is stingy, but there are three thousand tables of banquets outside, running from morning till night.

If the weight is less than one jin per table ("810"), then it is 3,000 jin. And a continuous banquet may require two or three rotations, which would amount to tens of thousands of jin.

Such expenses are beyond the Zhang family's means.

Moreover, while other foods may fill one's stomach, the value of dragon fish meat is likely to be controlled by some martial arts practitioners.

As for milk candy?

It was Zhang Xiaoshan's work done in his spare time, and it is similar to the earliest White Rabbit milk candy in later generations.

Since it was their first time appearing, Zhang Xiaoshan immediately set out plates, one jin for each plate inside the mansion and eight liang for each plate outside. He even planned to use White Rabbit milk candy as a main element in the procession when he rode through the streets on horseback.

Even 'candy' represents the primitive feudal era, so you can imagine the market potential of White Rabbit Milk Candy.

The favorite of young ladies and children.

As for the hot dishes, preparations have already begun.

Although it wasn't cooked directly, the sheer quantity of side dishes for tens of thousands of people is unimaginable.

Moreover, the seafood and broth have been prepared since yesterday.

Therefore, even as the morning sun rose, the palace was already bustling with people, all working in a lively and bustling manner.

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"General Zhang Han of the Empire presents a Marquis's Pearl on behalf of the Empire, wishing the young master a happy marriage and a long and prosperous life together!"

"On behalf of the grasslands, the Demon Master Pang Ban presents a divine eagle to wish the young master a joyous wedding and a lifelong union!"

"The Red Sun Dharma King, representing Tibet, presented a string of nine-eyed dzi beads as a blessing to the young master..."

Loud shouts echoed continuously.

These people all entered through the main gate, representing major powers that are influential and high-profile in the capital.

Besides, the East Gate and West Gate were occupied by some chivalrous figures from the martial arts world, or their relatives and friends.

After all, the Zhang family didn't care whether or not they received gifts privately.

Keep it a secret; just record it.

"The Crimson Blood Sect Master of Miao Territory presents three ancient divine herbs and one hundred jars of Five Treasures Flower Honey Wine!"

Hiss...