Jin Tang

Chapter 25
Mo Yang looked around, and saw that there were many dining tables in the hall, the band played music, the banquets were served with food and drinks, and almost all the guests sitting on the floor mats were accompanied by women.

A girl on the stage is singing babbling, but she doesn't know what she is singing.

Leading the fox and Mo Yang upstairs, the waiter asked: "Do you want to fill in the ticket, or do you want to pick one? The gentleman next to you is here for the first time. I'll call some girls down." ?”

"Don't call them in a hurry, let's get something to eat first. Roasted mutton, cut carp, dried pickled fish... I don't think there are too many tricks in this famine year, so let's have these first. What do you want to see for yourself." The fox sat down carelessly, put his arms on the food table, and rubbed his face vigorously.

"Okay, I remember the gentlemen's taste." The man bent even lower.

"What wine is there in the store today?" the fox asked with his head tilted.

"Liquor and sake are available in all small shops." The buddy opened his mouth and reported the alcohol that is more friendly to the people.

In normal seasons, this baijiu sake is not expensive, but at this time when food is scarce, the price of these wines has skyrocketed, and it is not affordable for ordinary people.

Fox is a frequent customer in the store, so the waiter knows his spending power well, so he doesn't have any hesitation in ordering.

Mo Yang, who had eaten a few meals at the car dealership, was no stranger to these two kinds of wine, and the real power managers at the head of the shop were willing to have a few drinks while eating snacks.

The baijiu of this era is also called turbid wine, which is light green in color, not only cloudy, but also has a layer of fine white, ant-like floating matter floating on it.

The taste is slightly alcoholic, but also slightly rancid.

Higher-end restaurants and hotels may not prepare this kind of wine, and more people brew it at home as a daily drink. The method is also very simple.

Zhuojiu is similar to the current fermented glutinous rice, cheap goods with low alcohol content.

As for sake, it is grain wine that is refined after filtering the turbid wine. The alcohol content is slightly higher and the price is also slightly more expensive.

However, most of the non-nominated sake is brewed by the store itself, and the price is limited, and the alcohol content is probably not as high as modern beer.

With Mo Yang's capacity for alcohol, he might be fine after drinking a few jars.

"You guy, you don't have any winks." The fox was a little annoyed, "Didn't you see that I brought my friends here? Tell me all the good wines in your store, or I will talk to my fake mother myself. "

When the guy saw that the fox was on the bar like this, he didn't show any weakness immediately, and opened his mouth to make a bunch of noises.

"The small shop has Yanzhou Fushui and Wucheng Ruoxia. In addition to the local Lu wine, if customers like fine wines from the capital, the shop also has some Xishiqiang and Xinfeng wines. But because of the current famine year, the market prices of these wines have risen There are a lot, so the price is more expensive." The waiter bowed and said apologetically, "Actually, if it weren't for such a famine year, there would be more wines for the nobles to choose from in the store."

This day's gossip made Mo Yang a little confused, he couldn't figure out what kind of wine to order.

But he understood that these wines were expensive.

But who is the fox? He has been tried and tested in the capital. Even if he heard that the price is high, he didn't panic at all: "Just order some sorghum wine and millet wine, and just order Lu wine or the local Xinfeng wine in Kyoto."

Hearing the fox's words without any stage fright, the waiter knew that the Hu merchant in front of him was a man who knew how to drink and had seen the world. In the past, he was just drinking and watching theaters in a low-key way, so he underestimated him.

"Okay, my lord, wait, I'll be here later." The man bowed, backed up to the door and closed it for them.

"Why spend so much money today?" Mo Yang was a little puzzled.

"I heard the news that the king of Qi is going to invite Mr. Li, the imperial envoy, and Shu Wuniang in this building is on the list of performers." The fox tapped his fingers on the food table, "I think of a way to get in touch with Shu Wuniang sometime. Mother's retinue, try to get in touch with Master Li to see if there is any chance to solve the case."

"So you want to attract Shu Wuniang's attention by showing off your financial resources?" Mo Yang asked suspiciously, "It will cost too much."

Mo Yang was very surprised, since the superiors arranged for the fox to sneak into places like theaters and brothels and Chu halls as Hu merchants, they would definitely arrange enough budget.

But he really didn't expect the fox to do this in the part of showing financial power.

It seems that the negative impact of this case is estimated to be much larger and deeper than I imagined.

"No, it is more likely to succeed through a false mother." The fox grinned complacently, with a rather mysterious expression.

Mo Yang was confused, but since the other party knew it, he didn't repeat it.

"My lord, the food and drinks are here." The waiter knew the rules very well, and the sound came before people even entered the door.

This is to prevent them from accidentally overhearing some confidential things in the process of serving, thus inviting disaster for themselves.

A plate of food was put on the food table by the staff.

The roasted mutton has been sliced ​​into slices by the chef with a bamboo knife, sprinkled with pepper and apricot sauce, apparently as a main course.

Beside the broiled lamb is a red, white and yellow fish platter.

Mo Yang took a closer look, and found that most of the food on the plate was in the shape of filaments, and there were also small flakes.

The fish fillets are shaved extremely thin and tender.

On the side of the dish, there are also chopped green onions, mustard, tempeh, garlic, orange shreds and other seasonings.

And the two bowls of wine served to the two of them were faintly amber in color, and looked viscous and thick, and they might hang on the wall when they drank them.

The waiter introduced these dishes one by one, and then walked out respectfully holding the tray.

The fox stretched out his hand to invite Mo Yang: "Let's talk while eating."

He first picked up a piece of roasted mutton, put it in his mouth, and chewed it with enjoyment.

Mo Yang picked up a piece of white shredded sea fish carp with chopsticks, stuffed with green onion and mustard, tasted it in his mouth, it was smooth and cold, fresh and greasy with a sweet taste.

The method of this kind of food is similar to those sashimi that are expensive to death. He has tried it many times in his previous life. He has tasted Chaoshan raw pickled, Northeast sashimi, and Japanese-style restaurants.

"Well done, the fish is fresh enough." Mo Yang spoke highly of it.

Then Mo Yang repeatedly pinched at the sea fish.

"Hey, why do you only eat sea fish?" The fox wiped his mouth and asked suspiciously.

"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, General Fubo Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong fell ill when he was an official in Guangling. His chest was depressed, his face turned red and he couldn't eat. After seeing it, the genius doctor Hua Tuo told him that there were many parasites in his stomach, and he said that he had eaten fishy meat. It was caused by food, and a prescription was prescribed. After eating, he vomited three liters of worms, and he even died of it when he got sick again a few years later.

Later, some doctors speculated that it was caused by his love of eating raw river fish, and found that eating raw fish is relatively safer to eat from the sea. "

(End of this chapter)