Datang First Chef

Hexian Datang, the style is amazing!

Regardless of the taste, just seeing the map of mountains, rivers and communities covering all the land in the whole country has already shocked the judges.Just looking at this dish is like traveling in China invisibly: across the North Sea, enjoy the quiet scenery of Lake Baikal that later generations call it; , the water waves wash away; east to the Sea of ​​Japan, the ship carries Japanese students studying abroad, and continues to head for Chang'an.

Zhang Duzhi sighed, "There are four seas within the eight wastelands, and nine states within the four seas." And the dishes made by Mo Wenyuan have included the eight wastelands and the four seas, and the concept alone is more than a section higher than other dishes. As long as the taste is not bad, the first name of this item must be given to this dish.

Wang Wei happened to be working in the south of the Yangtze River recently, and he was also fortunate to participate in this grand event. He thought that if this dish was dedicated to a saint, it might attract the dragon's heart. Magnificent, he has the ambition to conquer the whole world, and he has the image of swallowing all the wastes. As soon as this picture is released, the world is on the plate. He is one of the Tang Dynasty people, and the mood is stirring when he sees it, let alone a saint.

"I don't think this dish has ever appeared in Li Sanniang's restaurant, maybe Mo Dalang made it temporarily?"

"I think so. Mo Dalang is a quick-witted person, otherwise he wouldn't be able to cook so many dishes. It doesn't matter if it's just a temporary idea. The idea alone is far beyond everyone."

"That's wrong. Since we're judging by the Hexian Association, we still pay more attention to the taste. If the taste is not good, we can't give him the first name."

"How do you know it tastes bad if you don't taste it?"

"Mo Dalang, you should hurry up and bring the food over!"

As if Mo Wenyuan didn't feel the salivation of everyone, he was still slowly making the final embellishments, while the other chefs quickly calmed down and devoted themselves to their own dishes after being shocked by his Hexian Tang.

Just as Mo Wenyuan was loading the plate, Wei Wen also finished the dish. He is a famous local chef, and Zhang Du knew that they all knew his skills. When he came to the stage with the big plate, everyone stopped talking and put Focus on the dishes.

In order to take care of Buddhists such as Sun Wukong, the chefs who are good at life use dried mushrooms, bamboo shoots or other vegetables, melons and eggplants as auxiliary ingredients. The same is true for Wei Wen. What he cooks is not so much a dish as a staple food - river seafood chowder Hoto.

wrong.

Sun Wukong picked up the soup cake with his chopsticks and fell silent. This color doesn't seem to be Hoto, does it?

He asked questions directly when he thought of something, and Wei Wen replied generously: "That's right, this powder is not kneaded from flour, but a fine powder made from cauliflower."

Not only Mo Wenyuan can use rock cauliflower, but other people can also use it. Wei Wen uses rock cauliflower as the base and adds other ingredients to make white jelly-like noodles. Unlike ordinary jelly noodles, this noodle is cooked in hot soup , better taste.

Zhu Bajie looked at the vegetarian powder in his own bowl, and then at the river seafood in other people's bowls, drooling three thousand feet, staring at the food in Wang Wei's bowl next to him with salivating eyes, he hadn't even eaten a bowl I started to think about other people's faults.

Wang Wei's desire to survive is very strong, but at this moment his appetite has overcome his desire to survive, even if Zhu Bajie looks at it again, he will not be moved. He first drinks the extremely delicious soup, and then puts the red and white shrimp meat into his mouth.

"fresh!"

Zhu Bajie: Snack, slap, slap and eat——

Damn it, my drool!

Sun Wukong didn't raise his eyelids, he just ate vegetarian noodles wholeheartedly, but Zhu Bajie heard the senior brother's voice calmly in his ears: "Do you want to eat meat in full view?"

"If Master knows, how will you treat it?"

Zhu Bajie was shocked immediately, unable to conceive any confused thoughts.

It can be seen that the violent monk Tang left an indelible psychological shadow on the second apprentice.

Wei Wen cooked this dish very well, no matter whether it was meat or vegetable, it was extremely delicious. Afterwards, the judges ate a few more dishes, and they felt that the taste in their mouths was bland and not so delicious. It's like the poet sighed that "it will be the top of the mountain, and the mountains are small at a glance", other dishes that are not very exquisite are also short.

"Among the latecomers, those whose umami taste has not been overwhelmed can be said to have entered the room."

……

Mo Wenyuan put down his chopsticks and wiped the sweat from his forehead steamed by the heat: "It's done."

He held the big bamboo plate firmly in his arms, and placed it on the low table in front of the judges. The plate was too big, and his figure was too slender, which gave him an air of overwhelming power.

"This dish is called Hexian Datang."

Facing the territory of the Tang Dynasty, who cares about the meal-sharing system and the meal-sharing system? Everyone raises their chopsticks, like the part they most covet.

Zhang Duzhi has a light taste, so he picks boiled vegetables first. The areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are all light in color, with green vegetables and minced mushroom stalks.

She is good with chopsticks, two thin bamboo sticks caught all the fish and shrimp, and stuffed them all into the mouth when others were not paying attention.

"Hmm!" Zhang Duzhi couldn't help moaning and groaning in ecstasy. When he recovered, he felt that it was not elegant, so he hurriedly looked around to see if other people noticed his gaffe.

As a result, everyone was immersed in the delicacy of Hexian Datang, even Zhang Douzhi, who was highly sought after, was treated coldly, and no one looked at it.

Zhang Duzhi loves that no one takes care of her, and devotes herself to the delicious food. She is lucky, and bumped into Taihu Sanbai when she picked up food in the first day of junior high school.The white shrimp is different from other shrimps. When it is mature, it is white all over. The shell is thin, the meat is tender, and the taste is delicious. , the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.

Closing her eyes, a sparkling lake appeared in front of her eyes. The fisherman was sitting on a boat, the fisherman was wearing a bamboo hat, and he was casting a net to catch fish and shrimp. The white shrimp was tied up.The sun shines on the clear lake, like white spots that are dancing, and the whiteness of the shrimps is no less than that of the white light.

Its taste is also like clear river water, sweet and delicious, with endless aftertaste.It can be said that the essence of Taihu Lake water is condensed in the white shrimp.

Changing the place has a new taste, the brown land can be divided into dark brown and light brown, and the dishes are smoked fish and braised fish. The smoked fish is crispy on the outside, and the bones can be chewed. People who eat it all have a sour taste in their mouths.

The eminent monk of Daming Temple was still hesitating. Vegetables are edible, but the oil in the vegetables...

Mo Wenyuan is a caring person, he could tell what he was thinking when he saw the monk hesitated, and immediately said: "Master, please eat, the oil used in the dishes is all vegetable oil, which is squeezed from flax and soybeans, and has nothing to do with meat.

After hearing this, the monk happily raised his chopsticks and began to eat some asparagus, seaweed, and kelp. Seaweed is not actually seafood, but chefs these days didn’t divide seafood and seafood too much, so Mo Wenyuan didn’t hinder them from using them together.

Kelp mushroom is an extremely fresh vegetable. Modern monosodium glutamate is derived from kelp. Japanese miso soup also uses kelp to add umami taste. As long as it is well matched, the taste of vegetarian food is no less than that of meat. Moreover, according to the eminent monk, its taste is much "cleaner", and it tastes crisp and refreshing, which he likes very much.

Monkey King is a monkey who can live by eating peaches, so he can taste the beauty of fruits and vegetables.Zhu Bajie is different. He is a meat eater, but he started to be a vegetarian because he worshiped Tang Seng as his master. At the beginning, his life was miserable. Later, he had the travel food provided by Mo Xiaoyuan. I need to be more comfortable, but in my dream at midnight, I am always drooling and talking about chicken legs.

If you let him eat this food in normal times, he would be very happy, but unfortunately, now Zhu Bajie is not only unhappy, but also very painful. He even fell into self-doubt, why did I come with the senior brother? Looking for abuse?

Everyone around him is eating meat, but he can only eat grass, can he bear it?

Probably because the tragic atmosphere around Zhu Bajie's body was too strong, and the people in the distance were talking about it.

"Looking at the face of Marshal Tianpeng, it seems very unpleasant."

"Why? Could it be that Mo Dalang's dishes are not to your taste?"

"But looking at other judges, I seem to enjoy it."

"It may be that Marshal Canopy has a unique taste."

"I see."

Zhu Bajie: No, my taste is not unique, not at all!

He is a pig of popular taste!

Hexian Datang is "vast", but all the judges ate it up. The taste is obvious. When Wei Wen and others came up, there were talented poets who made a lot of poems. At this time, it was like being beaten with chicken blood, chattering non-stop, and some even fell into a good situation, like a monk chanting bitterly, constantly deliberating.

His dish, very successful!

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At the Hexian meeting, not only the chef was busy, but everyone else was too. Li Sanniang, Qin Weishan and others were not idle, dispatching personnel, checking for gaps and making up for omissions, they were extremely busy.

With the arrival of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, this meeting has broken away from the state of a general assembly and has been covered with a layer of mystery. The monks in the local temples in Huaiyang even heard the news and came to the door with paper and pen. They wanted to speak for the new customs. And draw materials.

Folklore was originally the most popular and sung form of performance in the Tang Dynasty. Among the new and old folklore, Tang Xuanzang's story is a well-deserved big IP. As long as he has his name, many people will join him.

There are also a series of pre- and post-queues among them. The pre-quel is Master Xuanzang's physical supernatural power, and the post-query is Xuanzang's Journey to the West.

In the Westbound series, Monkey King is a popular character, and Zhu Bajie is a hilarious character.

There will be two disciples in Hexian, how can the lay monk let them go?It can be done overnight, pointing to Jiangshan's passionate words, and writing stories in various versions.

They are also very knowledgeable, and they did not forget to bring the sponsors behind, the names of the judges and the famous chefs present.

After Qin Weishan and the others found out, they were so happy from ear to ear!

The most important thing for businessmen is fame, a good reputation, and a reputation that spreads far and wide are very important to them. It is much better than what they thought at the beginning!To put it a little farther away, everyone in the world can know the reputation of Jiangnan businessmen.

It's really good!

In addition to common sayings, they also specially invite scholars to record the name and appearance of each dish on the paper, and the words used are extremely gorgeous. After the dish is finished, it is still "reminiscent of being in a fairyland", which makes people think that there is something magical in the dish.

When the meeting is over, these sentences must be recorded when the poem book that records the Hexian meeting is finished.

Qin Weishan chatted with the lay monks, and the more they talked, the more excited they became. They even exchanged ideas on how to promote the lay talk. Li Sanniang also smiled and listened.

Isn't Monkey King coming?What's the big deal!

……

Monkey King Zhu Bajie had a good meal at the Hexian meeting, but Guanyin Bodhisattva traveled all the way to Tianzhu to discuss other matters with Master Xuanzang.

It is now the end of the 15th year of Zhenguan, and Tang Sanzang may need to leave for Datang in a few days.

"Master Xuanzang would like to spread Buddhism along the way?"

"It's natural. It's my job to open the altar and preach the Dharma. I want to go from the north this time. I heard that the cliffs in the north are steep, there are many evil spirits, the people live in poverty, and they are persecuted by evil spirits. So I want to talk about it." At the same time, we will transform the monsters here to make their lives cleaner."

The Bodhisattva nodded in relief after hearing this. Their Buddhist sect needs an activist like Master Xuanzang who combines theory and action to transform the common people spiritually and monsters physically.

After the conversation was over, he suddenly found that today's conversation with Master Xuanzang was too smooth, not the same as usual, so he asked, "Where is...Where is Wukong?" .

"Wukong? He went to Jiangnan."

"Why go to Jiangnan?"

"Mo Dalang invited him to go." Tang Xuanzang didn't hide anything, "I heard that Mo Dalang called all chefs to hold a seafood meeting in Jiangnan, and invited Wukong to be a judge. He agreed to the invitation, so he went to Jiangnan."

"Jiangnan...He Xianhui..." Bodhisattva's heart trembled, "What's the way of this meeting, why are chefs called?" He really hoped that the meeting held by Mo Wenyuan was not what he thought.

"I'm not too sure about the process, but from what Wukong said, I'm afraid it's no different from a gathering of literati, except that literati gather to exchange poems and they exchange cooking skills."

The Bodhisattva's heart was going to be broken, but Xuanzang didn't know the Bodhisattva's thoughts were still saying, "I'm afraid Mo Dalang is cooking with a group of chefs, invite Wukong to eat and comment on it!"

Bodhisattva gritted his teeth: "Why did you go to Wukong?"

Tang Seng smiled helplessly: "I waited for the story of our journey to the west to be sung in the Eastern Tang Dynasty in the way of the common saying. Everyone knows the shape of Wukong. I am afraid that Mo Dalang also hopes that the story of the Hexian Meeting can be told in the common saying and spread widely. Find Wukong."

The Bodhisattva couldn't bear it any longer, and said softly, "Then why didn't you come to me?"

Tang Seng thought he heard it wrong, so he hummed, and looked at Guanyin Bodhisattva with puzzled eyes. The Bodhisattva knew that he had slipped his words, and looked at Tang Seng with a dignified smile, indicating that he hadn't said anything.

Xuanzang thought to himself: I am afraid I heard it wrong?

The Bodhisattva roared wildly in his heart: Look for me, look for me, you want to be famous, and I am not as famous as Pohou? !At that time, I will make you a Buddha's light all over the venue, who will compete with you?

Mo Dalang, you don't live up to it. You dare to pretend to cook in my name on weekdays. Now you don't recognize me?

And you monkey!If you go west and somersault back to the south of the Yangtze River, you will die!

Seeing that the Bodhisattva's face changed and changed but he didn't speak, Tang Seng thought that he wanted to know more about the Hexian Meeting, so he called Xiaobailong and the others to ask: "I haven't communicated with Wukong much recently, and the brothers and sisters probably know about it." get more."

Tang Seng's face darkened when he found out that there were only two of them after the meeting: "Where is the Eight Precepts?"

Monk Sha said in a daze, "Second senior brother disappeared this morning."

"I disappeared at the same time as Eldest Brother."

Xiao Bailong looked at Monk Sha with complicated eyes.

The third senior brother is a ruthless person.

……

Zhu Bajie: "Ah Choo—"

He didn't take sneezing seriously, just wiped his nose and went on watching everyone cooking, but Sun Wukong glanced at him and thought it was unusual, maybe the master found out that Zhu Bajie was missing.

Fairies don't sneeze often.

At this time, it was time for the official competition. Zhang Duzhi stood up and read out the topic: "Since it is the Hexian Festival, the questions must be related to the river. The god of Heluo is named Concubine Mi, and his shape is graceful. If you are frightened, graceful like a wandering dragon, Rongyao Qiuju, Huamao Chunsong. This title is 'Luo Shen', and the dishes you make can reflect the demeanor of Luo Shen."

All the literati present clapped their hands and praised him, saying that Zhang Duzhi is Zhang Duzhi, and the questions he wrote are also very good.

The chefs also began to meditate to death, some of them were even illiterate, and of course they would never have heard of Cao Zhi’s "Fu of the Goddess of Luo", but apart from the famous works through the ages, they had all heard the legend of the Goddess of Luo. Absolutely the world.This topic is easy and simple, but difficult to say. If you want to get the most out of the question, you just need to make amazing dishes. But going up, what kind of dishes can reflect the charm of Luoshen?

This item is compared to meat dishes, and Buddhists do not participate in the judging. The eminent monks of Daming Temple sit on the futon. For him, it is a kind of enjoyment to appreciate the dishes and the exquisite craftsmanship of the people, but for Zhu Bajie, it is torture within torture. .

The pain is doubled.

Mo Wenyuan, like other chefs, fell into deep thought after hearing the topic. He will never be limited to making delicious dishes that are not right for the topic. The word Luoshen is very particular.

Close your eyes and construct the image of a fairy in your mind. Of course, the first one to come out is a kind-hearted Bodhisattva. Mo Wenyuan frowned and waved his hand, and the condensed image was immediately scattered.

Buddha:? ? ?

First of all, if Luoshen is a woman, and she is a very beautiful woman, secondly, Luoshen must be well-read in poetry and books, very charming, and finally, her personality is probably as gentle as water.

The appearance of a slender and soft woman is gradually taking shape, and the corresponding food is——

Thin and long Hoto!

A spark of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly made a decision.

……

Since the start of the competition, Li Sanniang stopped busy and stood on the stage to watch Mo Wenyuan busy up and down.

"Yellow croaker?" She looked at the fish Mo Wenyuan had caught, and felt suspicious, "Why use yellow croaker?" She had eaten many dishes made by Mo Wenyuan, but rarely used yellow croaker.

Middle Heiyang: "Baa baa baa baa baa baa."

We can't guess what Mo Xiaoyuan is thinking, who would have known that he would create a Hexian Datang today?

Li Sanniang said: "It's not the same. Hexian Datang has a good idea, but you and I are familiar with the cooking method used in it. It's nothing more than steaming and boiling, but he has never used yellow croaker."

Zhong Heiyang thought about it and felt that what Li Sanniang said was right, so he baa baa baa baa baa baa: Could it be that Mo Xiaoyuan is cooking a new dish?

"I'm afraid so."

No matter how you look at it, it is really amazing to innovate on the spot with a sudden inspiration.

……

Mo Wenyuan's knife skills are very good. The yellow croaker has no room to struggle in his hands. He first opened the mouth of the yellow croaker with a sharp knife. The fish was cut into two even sides and spread out on the cutting board. Gallbladder, boneless, and skinned. In the end, there were only two bright red pieces of fresh yellow croaker meat left on the cutting board. He did the same and processed a dozen more fish.

The kitchen knife was held by him and kept up and down. In the blink of an eye, the whole meat was cut into small pieces, and they were all put into a large bowl. Afterwards, Mo Wenyuan added flour and salt water, clockwise Toss to allow the flour to fully contact the fish, blending perfectly.The fish and flour were kneaded to form a large dough. The color of this dough was different from ordinary dough, showing a light pink color. It seemed that the fish had been fully stirred.

The dough was put into the steamer and steamed for a while, and it turned white again when it was taken out. After the fish was cooked, it should turn white. He said that the thin dough was cut into long and thin strips, and visually, it looked like a big dry ball. Hoto.

Mo Wenyuan was not idle when making fish noodles. He also boiled a pot of soup. The noodle soup was boiled with fish and almond-filtered goat milk. When it came, the onion and ginger were left at the bottom of the pot. The soup only smelled of onion and ginger but could not see its shape.

Carp slices, fresh fish balls, tofu... These dishes are placed on the soup surface, and Mo Wenyuan also specially carved a lotus flower as an embellishment.Finally, add a few drops of oyster sauce to the soup, and the Luoshen fish noodles are ready!

He put a few bowls of noodles in front of the judges, and the judges looked at the plain noodles and became more curious.

They have seen countless exaggerated colors before, some made Luoshen food carvings, some showed off their knife skills, cut a plate of delicious fish meat, and some made roasted fish with thick oily red sauce...

Mo Wenyuan's face is quite plain?

"The dishes made by Mo Dalang can be deeply remembered by me just by looking at their appearance." He doesn't take the usual way every time.

"This soup cake is too mediocre."

Mo Wenyuan smiled, but his mouth was merciless: "You have to eat it to know whether it is mediocre."

Wang Wei was the first to eat. He had great trust in Mo Wenyuan. He believed that there must be a mystery hidden in this seemingly mediocre bowl of noodles. He picked up the chopsticks and picked up the noodles. In an instant his eyes widened.

Is this noodles?

No, no!How can noodles taste like this!

The meat of yellow croaker is very firm, and it is not much better than ramen. The fish meat and noodles are about [-]-[-], and you have me and you have you.After biting off the noodles, the deliciousness of the fish filled his mouth suddenly, and Wang Wei felt that he had become a small fish in the Luo River, drifting with the current.

The aroma of oyster sauce is extremely domineering, but it is also a seafood product, and it is perfectly integrated with the deliciousness of fish soup. Fresh fish, fresh oysters, fresh onions, all kinds of fresh flavors linger in the mind; chew the fish balls, just take a bite, as The stuffed fish roe splashed onto the surface of his tongue, and he was agitated, but he couldn't tell whether it was being scalded or hit by the delicious food. The fish roe was large and had absorbed the fishy smell in the outer balls during the cooking process. This is not the end, the roe itself also has juice, the thin layer of skin is bitten, and the light red liquid flows out, the first taste is slightly bitter, but after that, the sweetness is endless!

The judges were speechless, they just bury their heads in their mouths, "sting", "stinging", "stinging", "stinging".

Sun Wukong was barely calm, but he just stared at Mo Wenyuan to give him hints, and Zhu Bajie, he couldn't stand it anymore, he lay down on the table, his stomach rumbling, like a dead pig.

Zhu Bajie: I really want to eat, I really want to eat, I really want to eat...

After the judges had eaten their fill and licked all the soup, they took the time to ask questions. First, someone said: "Mo Da Mo Da, is there fish in the noodles?"

"Yes, I added fish meat when kneading the noodles. This food is called fish noodles. I read from my travel notes that some small villages near the sea make noodles in this way. The finished product is much more delicious than ordinary Hoto. "

Fish noodles were considered a niche local delicacy in the previous life, and a separate entry can be found on Baidu Encyclopedia.There are quite a variety of fish noodles, and he has eaten more than ten kinds. The Xiaoli fish noodles, Huangmei fish noodles, and Yunmeng fish noodles are all famous.

Although Zhang Duzhi had a small cherry mouth, the speed of sucking noodles was not slow at all, and the appetite was not small. After she finished eating, she wiped her mouth gracefully and said to Mo Wenyuan: "In your heart, this thing is similar to Luoshen place?"

Mo Wenyuan said with witty words: "The body is graceful, the figure is slender, and the belly is full of youth."

The fish noodles are white, slender and long, and the taste is amazing. Isn't it similar to Luoshen?

Zhang Duzhi said in a strange way: "It seems to be a bit like it?"

No matter how you say it, it's well deserved to take a first name here!

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The Jiangnan Hexian Fair was held from morning to night, not to mention the chefs, even the judges were exhausted, and the common people were in high spirits. After watching the excitement all day, they went back and prepared to tell others what they saw at the Hexian Fair.

Sun Wukong spent the day peacefully, eating only vegetarian dishes, and immediately ran to Mo Wenyuan's place after the Hexian Festival was over, begging for delicious food.

Hear about the Hexian Datang Luoshen Fish Noodles and give him a dozen!

Seeing that Monkey King came alone, Mo Wenyuan asked curiously, "Where is Master Wu Neng?"

Sun Wukong: "Maybe it's alms."

Mo Wenyuan:? ? ?

really? !

……

It is impossible for Zhu Bajie to make alms. He is the leader in terms of food and drink, but he has never succeeded in alms.

When Sun Wukong had a great time eating at Mo Wenyuan's place, he ate and drank at the chef's place, and tried all the delicious dishes.It's a pity that he didn't find Mo Dalang in the back kitchen, and he didn't get the fish noodles he had been longing for.Zhu Bajie was very sad, where did Mo Dalang go?

Sun Wukong: Hey hey hey hey hey.

After eating, the two were ready to go back. Sun Wukong saw that Zhu Bajie's mouth was still stained with meat, and his conscience reminded him: "Aren't you afraid that Master will find out?"

Zhu Bajie didn't receive his prompting signal, he just said: "If Master finds out, tell me that I'm here to eat vegetarian food, what's the problem?"

Monkey King thought to himself, why do you look like a vegetarian?Not to mention the master, even I can't get over it, not to mention eating meat and trying to lie in front of the master.Thinking of Zhu Bajie's tragic future, he couldn't bear it and said: "Wipe your mouth, so as not to expose your flaws." He didn't just wipe his mouth, he even brushed his teeth, okay?

Zhu Bajie wiped his mouth and said, "Hey hey hey hey, big brother, don't worry too much, Master will definitely not find out."

Sun Wukong: "..."

However, after Zhu Bajie really went back, he realized that he was too naive.Tang Seng was sitting on the Hu bed, staring at him with serious eyes.

"Bajie, where did you go today?"

Zhu Bajie was discouraged at that time, his previous self-confidence disappeared, and he stood in front of Tang Seng with his head bowed, looking pitiful and unimposing.

He barely calmed down and said, "I went to Jiangnan to be a judge with my senior brother."

"Being a judge? What did you eat?"

"Just some vegetarian dishes."

"You don't eat meat?"

"No, no!"

The voice trembled.

Master Xuanzang looked at him, but could he not know that his disciples were guilty?With a sneer in his heart, he stood up, walked into Zhu Bajie and said, "Open your mouth."

Pig Bajie: "..."

Zhang or not Zhang, is a proposition!