Zongwu: The Days of Mixing in the Tongfu Inn

Chapter 82 Secret spying on "information"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the words, this is the shopkeeper everyone is familiar with!

After confirming the candidate, Tong Xiangyu seemed to let go of the important task and announced the dismissal for everyone to go back to rest.

Silent all night!
The next day, Zhang Chen disguised himself and walked towards Yihong Restaurant with the huge sum of "two coins" given by Tong Xiangyu.

There is a dedicated waiter waiting for the guests at the door. Seeing Zhang Chen walking towards the restaurant, he quickly leads Zhang Chen to a seat, then pours a cup of tea and pushes it in front of Zhang Chen as a sign to taste, and finally takes out the exquisite wooden carving menu from his arms. Please take Zhang Chen's order.

This set of procedures makes people feel that they are valued. Zhang Chen thought that with this service, many guests would be able to stay. Sai Diaochan is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Keeping this in mind, pick up the menu and look at the dishes on the menu, are they familiar?Thinking about it carefully, isn't this the majority of the dishes in Zuixianlou? After ordering a few dishes casually, he waved his hands to let Xiao Er back down. Zhang Chen began to observe the decorations in the building.

After watching it for a while, Zhang Chen could only sigh and shook his head, not observing. If the shopkeeper wanted to buy these materials to decorate the inn, he might have gone before Yihong Restaurant closed down.

It didn't take long for Xiao Er to put the dishes on the plate one by one and bowed down. After tasting the dishes in front of him, he could confirm that the chef from Zuixianlou definitely had the [-]% strength of Yangzhou flavor.

During the period, there were uninterrupted entertainment performances in the lobby of the restaurant. Storytellers and opera singers took turns to perform, and those guests even dropped money to enjoy it from time to time. Zhang Chen felt weird about these arrangements in the restaurant. When you come to the restaurant, it seems that it is not just a place to eat and dine.

Turning around, I saw Xing Tutou on the seat not far away, shaking his head and listening to the play. This kind of expression reminded Zhang Chen of the weirdness of this restaurant. Zhang Chen got up, walked to Xing Tutou's table, sat down and said with a smile:

"Uncle Xing, according to the law officials of the Ming Dynasty, it is forbidden to set foot in the place of love and moon, you are breaking the law knowingly."

Catcher Xing was listening to the play with his eyes closed, shaking his head, and was startled by Zhang Chen's sudden noise. Seeing that it was Zhang Chen, he patted his chest and said:
"I don't have it! I'm eating in a serious way, and that rule doesn't say that we are not allowed to eat, right?"

Although Xing Butou said sonorously, but he could still hear a trace of guilt from Xing Butou's tone, Zhang Chen left the restaurant after greeting him with a smile without talking.

Walking out of Yihong Restaurant, he realized that it was already [-] noon. Zhang Chen turned around and looked at the restaurant with only two floors. He could only admire the level of the restaurant. It took him a whole morning to eat, but he didn't feel the passage of time.

Shaking his head, he didn't want to go back to the inn with the packed food box, but he saw Tong Xiangyu leaning on his arms and looking at the tables and chairs in the hall, as if reminiscing about the glory of the past.

Seeing Zhang Chen coming back, the rest of the people hurriedly dragged him to the long table and asked about the situation of the restaurant. The noisy voices pulled Tong Xiangyu back from his empty thoughts.

Seeing Zhang Chen sitting here, he asked eagerly:

"Why did you just come back!"

Regarding this point, Zhang Chen spread his hands and said that he didn't know, he just had a meal and listened to a little song, and he came back now.

Bai Zhantang looked at Zhang Chen suspiciously, and after looking at him, he felt a little scared, and then said:
"Going to eat? Is there a little song to listen to? Are you sure you are going to the right place?"

A series of questions attracted everyone's attention to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen quickly denied Sanlian and said:

"I'm not! I don't! Don't talk nonsense!"

"And the restaurant is so close, how could I go wrong? By the way, I still saw Uncle Xing there. I think Brother Bai wanted to go there to listen to the music."

Everyone turned their attention to Bai Zhantang when they heard the words, and Bai Zhantang laughed and said:

"Let's let Xiaochen talk about the situation of the restaurant. That's the main point. We can't digress."

Everyone rolled their eyes when they heard Bai Zhantang's words, it was his preamble that caught fire and made everyone get back to the topic.

Bai Zhantang's eyes flew to Zhang Chen's rescue, Zhang Chen secretly gestured for him to save him this time, Bai Zhantang quickly held Zhang Chen's hand to express his agreement.

Zhang Chen smiled in satisfaction, then stood up and took out the dishes in the food box one by one, motioning for everyone to taste the taste of these dishes, and everyone swallowed their saliva looking at the delicately arranged dishes.

Tong Xiangyu frowned and said:

"Although I haven't tasted the taste yet, the presentation of these dishes is much better than our store's"

After talking and tasting one by one, I found that the taste of these dishes was not much better than that of Dazui. This is the improvement of Zhang Chen's research recipes with Dazui from time to time. Otherwise, it would really be defeated by Yihong Restaurant side.

Tong Xiangyu only took a sip of these dishes and motioned for everyone to move their chopsticks. After tasting, everyone felt that they didn't lose too much in terms of taste, and the points should be lost in the ingredients themselves.

After comparing the pros and cons of the dishes, everyone thought that the inn still needs to improve the taste. Zhang Chen agreed with this point, and then gave a general account of the restaurant decoration and service he observed in Yihong Restaurant.

Bai Zhantang heard the words and sighed:
"We can't compare with this service! I want to try it after hearing it."

Guo Furong also nodded and agreed:
"It's not that there are restaurants in the capital without these things, but they're not worth it in our small place!"

Xiucai took out the abacus from the counter and quickly calculated the accounts. After a while, Xiucai looked up and said:
"If we configure personnel and other facilities according to the specifications on the opposite side, we need at least 1000 taels, and we have to recruit several additional staff and chefs."

When Dazui heard that he wanted to hire a chef, he couldn't help shouting:
"What the hell! Need to hire a chef?"

The scholar nodded affirmatively and said:

"That's more than that! Arrangement is a technical job and you have to hire another one. It's all money."

Tong Xiangyu patted his head in pain when he heard the scholar's calculation and analysis, which was a huge expense.

Seeing that everyone was discussing various ideas in full swing, Zhang Chen clapped his hands and focused his eyes on himself, then said:
"Everyone, don't be so radical. Don't forget that our own strength is not bad and don't forget that their services all cost money. After all, we are a small place, so how can so many rich people go there every day to eat?"

Tong Xiangyu's eyes lit up and she understood Zhang Chen's meaning. There are no guests in the inn for the past few days because of the flow of customers attracted by their free bills and gift activities, but after their activities, the restoration of the original price is not something ordinary people can afford.

But after a while, Tong Xiangyu said dejectedly again:
"Our customers must be quite a few, and we still have to compete with the other side, or we won't make money."

Everyone was speechless for a while, after all it was a fact and they couldn't stop the guests from choosing.

Tong Xiangyu looked at the crowd with a smile and said:

"Since we can't afford major renovations, let's make small innovations. You guys meet at night to renovate our inn while there are no guests in the past few days. I'm optimistic about you."

After finishing speaking, he went upstairs to rest, and left everyone in the hall to look at each other...

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