Prime Minister

Chapter 72
After being woken up by Zhang Shi and Guo Lin, Zhang Yue also reflected on it.

After the second brother was awarded the jinshi, he was indeed a little floating.Speaking of self-reliance, relying on others and not on yourself, when you find that you really have a thigh hug, people will still follow their own hearts - lie down.

Therefore, Zhang Yue thought about it and decided to pick up the book again.Once you have been admitted to the county school, you should continue to study hard. In the future, you will use various subject examinations, provincial examinations, and palace examinations to make a name for yourself.

Zhang Yue read the Enrollment Records. In the second year of Jiayou's Jinshi Division, there were also 380 nine people. The total number of subjects was equal to 380 and nine people.

The status of the various subjects is not high, and most of them have to be elected.It’s not a matter of defending the election, many of them are difficult to be appointed to officials. To be awarded an official, either one has a background or a lot of money to clear the way.

Among you, only the Nine Classics Division is an exception.The Nine Classics Division and the first grade are below No.5 in Jinshi head armor.

The last time Zhangyue took the county study was a clever trick. The most difficult part of the Nine Classics was the Spring and Autumn Three Biography, and the Book of Rites himself had not read it yet.

The five classics of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty were only the Spring and Autumn Classics, and only one of the five classics was required to be tested, but the Song Dynasty nine classics were divided into the Spring and Autumn Annals and their annotations, so the content of the examination was almost fatal.

Zhang Yue is full of calculations, if it is roughly memorized for someone like himself, it will take at least one year.

Then consolidate the Nine Classics to prevent memorizing the front and forgetting the back. It is estimated that if Jiayou participates in the solution test in three years, it will still be a bit mysterious.If you pass, you can participate in Jiayou's four-year Jiujing Ke Provincial Exam.

Therefore, Zhang Yue planned to study in Zijin County and study hard.

Before going to the county school, Zhang Yue planned to start his own shop.

The catering industry in the Song Dynasty was mainly the difference between restaurants and restaurants.

In the Song Dynasty, liquor was government-run, and shops that allowed brewing, buying, and distribution were called Zhengdian.For example, there are 72 main stores in Bianjing, which buy wine koji from the government and make wine by themselves.

And those who don't make their own wine and get wine from the main store are called foot stores.In addition, private brewing is strictly prohibited, especially not allowed to be brought into the city.

But selling wine is like eating beef.

In the city, there are pine trees outside the forbidden city, and the people who brew their own home-made wine are called village brewing, so there are many restaurants on the roadside in the village.For example, in the Water Margin, "Three bowls are not a post", it is definitely a village brew.

Why the three bowls are not good, it is estimated that the village brewing is easy to be popular.

The imperial court actually couldn't help but open up to such a village brew.

The Song Dynasty had strict legislation, but there was often a lot of room for operation.Over the years, the government has grasped a set of proportions, not only to make money from it, but also to try not to push the common people to a dead end.

However, the procedures for opening a restaurant in the city are too cumbersome. In recent years, the imperial court has allowed the private sector to contract official wineries, but they must go to them. To put it bluntly, it is bidding.The most important thing is that the number of places is small, and many people are staring at it. It can be said that there are many monks and few flesh.

Although the restaurant is profitable, it is still too much for Zhang Yue, so he still started a restaurant.

The capital was already in place, and Peng Jingyi, a friend, really had nothing to say, and sent Zhang Yue two hundred pieces of money the next day.Peng Jingyi wanted to take another fifty, but Zhang Yue felt that the number was unpleasant and he didn't want it.

The address has also been chosen, that is, the shop where Chema Street was originally from. It was burnt into a piece of white land, but the land is still my own.

At that time, no one came to ask Zhang Shi to buy land, but the asking price was too low. Now Zhang Yue and Zhang Shi have decided to build a new restaurant in the original shop.

Although it is not the standard two-story restaurant on the street, it is not bad.

Zhang Shi said to Zhang Yue: "I've been here for more than ten years, and I'm not familiar with this street. The street is full of traffic, and the business of opening a restaurant here is definitely booming. I wanted to turn my shop into a restaurant. shop."

Zhang Yue said: "So brother, have you thought about what the restaurant will sell?"

Zhang Shi said: "Let's sell sheep soup."

Zhang Yue said, "Brother, aren't we robbing shopkeeper Xu of his business?"

"Manager Xu is not such a stingy person. Let me tell you, I've been stealing from his shop these days, and I've learned almost the recipe for his bowl of sheep soup. If I cook another pot, it's definitely not bad."

Zhang Yue said: "Brother, no matter how well you cook it, you are still learning to walk in Handan! People are used to eating mutton soup from Shopkeeper Xu, and if they eat ours, they feel that something is missing. Besides, there are so many people drinking mutton soup in the city. How many can I get from Shopkeeper Xu?"

Zhang Shi said: "How about you don't sell mutton and mutton bones?"

Zhang Yue thought about it, mutton is definitely not good, Pucheng is more than [-] yuan per catty, and sometimes it costs three or five hundred yuan. Historically, the mutton in Lin'an during the Southern Song Dynasty was more expensive than [-] yuan per catty.Therefore, if it is not a high-end restaurant, mutton is still free.

There is also dog meat, but there is a saying that dog meat is not on the table, so we give up.

I have to say that beef, Song Dynasty beef is the cheapest, only forty or fifty cents a pound, even cheaper than chicken, duck and fish.

Why is it so cheap? First, most sick cows and old cows are slaughtered and sold, and second, it is indeed more convenient to raise cattle than to raise sheep.

But selling beef if it can’t be cheap is still prohibited by the imperial court, and it is blatantly bad in the city.And most of the beef is lean meat. Lean meat is not popular these days, and everyone's favorite is the fat meat full of ointment.

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Brother, I told you that there are a lot of coolies in this carriage and horse street, and many of them are businessmen. You are optimistic that it will be easy to climb over Xianxia Ridge, and your belly must be very hungry. What's the best thing to eat at this time?"

Zhang Shi said: "You can eat anything when you are hungry, and everything is delicious!"

Zhang Yue said: "Brother, there are many street food restaurants here. You want to think about what they want to eat. If we bring a bowl of meat with belt fat and full of ointment at this time? Isn't that beautiful?"

Zhang Shi nodded and said, "That makes sense! I once ate steamed mutton like this. It was so delicious that I had to swallow my tongue. I will never forget this taste in my life."

Speaking of which, Zhang Shi slapped his lips as if he was still reminiscing.

Zhang Yue said: "But brother, lamb meat is too expensive, how many times can ordinary people eat it in a lifetime?"

Zhang Shi nodded and said, "The third brother is right, so what kind of meat do you use?"

"Pork belly is the best. This meat is the most tender and juicy, with a mouthful of oil and water when chewed with the skin on."

Zhang Shi said: "Pork belly is not expensive. Eighty to ninety cents a pound, but it has a strong taste. Rich people don't eat it, and poor people don't like it. Will these merchants eat when they are very hungry?"

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "I will buy a pound of pork tomorrow and cook it for my brother to try."

Zhang Yue plans to use the cooking method of Dongpo Pork as a signature dish, and then serve it with stir-fried vegetables in an iron pan, which must be the only one in the county.

"I haven't seen the third brother, you cook, when did you learn it?"

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Not many people know, only this trick."

The two brothers chatted and laughed and looked at the shop where everyone was beating and building.

A new restaurant was built from the original white ground.It has always been Zhang Shi's dream, as well as Zhang Yue's dream, to regain what was lost.

After all, this is a shop that has been passed down from generation to generation in their family, and it is worthy of their protection.

When Zhang Shi saw the scene where his shop was re-established on the carriage and horse street, tears welled up in his eyes.

Zhang Shi wiped away his tears and said, "Third brother, our family's life will get better and better!"

(End of this chapter)