Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 416: New moves in succession
Yingbin Building ranks first among all restaurants in the capital. With its strong background, luxurious decoration, high level of chefs, the best and most expensive dishes, and the largest variety of drinks, it firmly ranks at the top of the list.

Unexpectedly, he was defeated by the rising star Huixianlou. How could he be willing to accept it?

Even the imperial chefs in the back kitchen who have high standards are shocked when they see diners ordering dishes from Huixianlou.

Their specialty dishes such as Fuguihuakai, Jinyu Mantang, Fushouxi and other famous dishes were defeated by dishes such as soy sauce chicken and sesame oil chicken. You can know what the dish is when you hear it and you can even get a glimpse of its preparation. I feel angry, that One can imagine the reluctance.

This is the capital city, not some unknown place in another province.

When did the nobles in the capital not care about elegance, ostentation, but taste?
It's really strange.

The king of Chu made repeated attacks, but they were all resolved one by one, which further aroused his fighting spirit.

So Jiang Li, the big shopkeeper, discovered that there was a crisis in Huixian Tower again.

It turned out that there were too many diners entering the building. Seeing that there was a long queue outside the building every day, a special window was dedicated to registering guests. As a result, when I arrived the next day, I found that all the private rooms were vacant.

The scheduled guest is no longer coming!

Lin Zhaoxia was also a little confused when she heard the news. In this era, guests do not have mobile phones and cannot call to inquire or change the time. There is no advance deposit that can be withheld as compensation. They are all nobles in the capital, and accountability means offending others.

What about resale transfers?
Neither is resale. Since Huixian Building accepted reservations, most of the guests in the private rooms came as scheduled and were resold to guests who queued up at the door, which could not fill the private rooms on several floors.

This is another trap.

Xia Pingzhang took his father and brother around the capital for two days and then prepared to send them back to their hometown.

Wandering around the newly established Huixian Tower, I proudly introduced to my father and brother: "This Huixian Tower is the most prosperous restaurant in our capital now. Most of the small paintings on the menu inside were painted by my son. Our big goose is The ones sold here cost two taels of silver per plate!”

Hearing that his son's paintings were sold at high prices and sold to such a high-end and luxurious restaurant, Xia's father and brother Xia were very proud.

I also heard that a plate of roast goose there costs two taels of silver, which really shocked me.

Darling, two taels of silver can buy several feathered geese.

But I’m not jealous. People have to deal with the feathered goose when they buy it back. It takes a lot of work to cook and prepare it before it can be served. The boiled goose that I eat during the Chinese New Year cannot be sold for the high price of two taels of silver.

The Xia family and his son could not afford to eat in such a restaurant, but it did not prevent them from walking closer to pay their respects.

When he got closer, Xia's father poked his head in and was a little confused, "Son, there aren't many people here." Didn't you mean that the queues were crowded every day?
Father Xia shook his head at his son's tendency to report good things but not bad things. However, this restaurant does not belong to his family, so there is no need to speak well of it.

Xia Pingzhang was also a little confused, so he stayed up all night with Brother Lu and others to draw wax menus, and almost broke his hand while drawing. If there is no business, can the menu be renovated every day? In the past two days alone, he had earned more than one tael of silver.

But now the business of Huixianlou seems to be average? There don't seem to be many people.

As I got closer and heard people talking, I realized that there were many guests who had been scheduled to come, but suddenly they couldn't come for some reason.

The scheduled guest didn't come? One family is like this, so many people are like this? Xia Pingzhang was stunned. Who was messing with the King of Yue?
Such a good person as the King of Yue finally returned to Beijing to build an industry. How could he be treated like this?

Xia Pingzhang was very angry, and his head was hot, "Dad, brother, let's go, let's go inside and have a good meal today." Offer some running water to the King of Yue.

Father Xia's feet trembled when he heard this.

There were noble people coming and going inside, and there were singers and dancers performing on the high platform on the first floor. How could a peasant like him get in? He desperately dragged Xia Pingzhang out.

Brother Xia also cowered and didn't dare to go in. He helped to persuade him from the side: "Brother, we can't afford to eat in this kind of place." A plate of food costs two taels, so how can we afford it?

The whole family cannot eat more than two taels a year.

The waiter in the building saw that many of the guests who had made reservations did not come today, and had already come out with menus to solicit customers. Seeing the father and son arguing at the door, he came over with a smile.

"Are the guests here for dinner? Take a look at our menu. We have a wide variety of dishes and they taste good. I hope you won't regret it after eating. It's up to people to be rich and frugal. Uncles and brothers do what they can, so there is no need to be restrained."

Xia Pingzhang's stay in the capital was not short, and he had interacted with noble people. He immediately straightened his back, took the menu from the waiter's hand, and started browsing.

Father Xia and brother Xia didn't want to embarrass their son in front of outsiders, so they stopped moving. I saw that the waiter didn't look down on them, he was slightly calmer, and looked at the menu...

The two of them didn't know how to read, but their eyes lit up when they looked at the menu.

They don’t know the words, but they know the painting above, and they also know the numbers next to the small painting. I heard that such easy-to-understand numbers came from the capital, and they are easy to learn. Everyone in the countryside knows them. This is a dish. price?

Xia Pingzhang flipped through it and had a good idea.

The food prices are generally not cheap, not something people of their status would be willing to eat, but they are not outrageously expensive either.

Thinking about the payment for the painting he got last night, he decided in his heart, "Dad, I got some money from painting the menu yesterday, which is enough for us to eat. It's a rare chance to come here and try it. I can still eat one or two dishes." "

Before Xia and his son could react, the boy became more and more enthusiastic upon hearing this, "Is this brother a student from Guanlan Library? Ouch, this is a family, please come in quickly!"

He took the father and son and went inside.

He spotted a booth on the first floor and took the person over, "This is a four-seater, it's just right for your family. Here's the menu. You can take your order first while I go and get you some tea."

"No, no, no, we're not thirsty!" Xia's father was so frightened that he tried to pull the boy back.

"Don't worry, uncle, the tea is free." The waiter smiled and turned away.

Tea is free? That's great, it's free. I happened to be thirsty after walking around all morning. I wonder if the store will catch them if they run away after drinking enough water?

Such a luxurious restaurant is not a place for them to come.

While Father Xia was thinking about it, Brother Xia's eyes were already glued to the stage. The music is nice and the dancing is beautiful. He has never seen it before in his whole life. The dancer smiled lightly, and her watery eyes seemed to be looking at him, causing Brother Xia's face to turn red with embarrassment.

The father and son were restless, as if there were nails stuck in their butts.

Xia Pingzhang, who was flipping through the menu cards to order, had calmed down and had identified the dishes he wanted to order. They were all affordable. Three dishes and one soup only cost half a tael in total, so he could still afford it.

With a sigh of relief.

Moreover, yesterday the steward of the library came to him and said that the library had hired him and four other poor students as book clerks, and they would be paid two taels of silver a month. Xia Pingzhang was very happy, and he remembered the kindness of the King of Yue more and more.

I wish I could go to the street and bring in some customers now.

Would you like to order one or two more dishes? Moreover, it is rare for father and brother to come here once, and there is no guarantee that they will come to a restaurant like this again. Just as he was hesitating, the big shopkeeper Jiang Li came over and said, "I am Jiang Li, the big shopkeeper in the building. I heard that this brother draws the vegetable signs for our building?"

Xia Pingzhang stood up and cupped his hands towards Jiang Li, "Exactly, thanks to the care of the prince, I have such an opportunity." Only in this way can he study while not sleeping in the open.

Regarding the paintings he drew, Jiang Li naturally remembered that there happened to be a few small paintings he drew in the menu in his hand, so he pointed them out to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li was very happy and heard the whole story again. He said to the frightened Xia father: "Uncle, your son is filial and it is a rare visit. Today I will enjoy the blessing of my son and eat in peace. The food in our building is delicious. ”

"Hey, hey." Father Xia was so clumsy that he couldn't even speak a complete sentence when he saw the noble man.

"I won't disturb your meal. If necessary, let the waiter find me." Jiang Li saw that they were uncomfortable and turned around to leave.

Father Xia and Brother Xia breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought all the nobles in Beijing had their eyes on the top of their heads, but I didn't expect this shopkeeper to be so kind."

"Yes." Xia Pingzhang nodded in agreement, worthy of being a member of the King of Yue. The King of Yue was a kind person, and he didn't expect the people working under him to be so kind to others. He was even more fortunate to find a job in the King of Yue's library.

Soon the free tea was served. It was not plain water, but a delicious drink. It was so sweet that it cost several pennies a cup to sell outside! You can also get refills.

The father and son drank several drinks in a row until they were full.

Soon the dishes came, three dishes and one soup, which made people appetite just by looking at them. Xia's father and brother Xia couldn't help but take a bite and almost swallowed his tongue. "You really get what you pay for. No wonder other people's vegetables are so expensive." That all makes sense.

"No wonder the moving table next to it is full of people. If this dish doesn't taste good, who will be waiting in line outside." Father Xia and brother Xia's eyes almost glued to the table.

I have never heard of a table that can move by itself.

Xia Pingzhang looked away from the folding table and said, "When dad and brother come back next time, I will take you to the moving table to eat."

Xia's father waved his hand, "I won't come, I won't come. If we can come to a place like this once, we can talk about it even if we go back to our hometown."

How dare you come again. These few dishes only cost half a tael of silver, and all the money they earned from selling more than 20 geese went into it.

Father Xia couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

The father and son ate with relish, and the waiter brought another roast chicken. "We didn't order this!" The three of them waved their hands in fright.

"It was given by our shopkeeper. He said that the dishes you painted are very beautiful and make the customers very appetizing. It is a little thought from the shopkeeper."

"This……"

The waiter put down the dishes and left. The father and son stared at the roasted chicken on the table. It was oily and red, and they didn't know how to cook it. The color was so beautiful, and the aroma went straight to their noses.

"Is this really given to us? It's free?"

"Yes, Dad, brother, feel free to eat. This is the restaurant of the King of Yue, and the King of Yue is a good man."

The father and son then started to take a bite, and it was so delicious that they almost became immortals on the spot. It was so delicious! I have never tasted such a good taste in my dream.

Xia Pingzhang took his father and brother to have a delicious meal at Huixian Tower. Thinking that there were very few guests at Huixian Tower today, he almost went to the street to help pick up the guests. The same goes for the guys at Huixianlou.

But before they could take action, Lin Zhaoxia already had a countermeasure and canceled the reservation for this service.

There are many noble people in the capital, and it's impossible to tell who made the reservation maliciously or who really couldn't come for some reason. The whole capital is filled with noble people who cannot afford to offend. All noble people have servants. If you like to queue, queue up.

If you don't make a reservation, your number will be called instead. If the seat is empty, your number will be called. If no one is there, the next number will be called. If you are late, you will not be waited on.

How many people are there in line? It’s okay, just add a few more benches at the door. In addition to free tea, free snacks are also provided, such as sweet popcorn, salty popcorn, crispy rice crackers, fried rice popcorn, fried melon seeds, and various snacks are also provided for free. Let you queue up and stop complaining.

These snacks are delicious and not expensive. Huixian Tower can afford it.

Want to sneak in and get some free snacks? Sorry, when queuing up, you have to give your name, and the clerk at the door is not just for show. How can you deceive me once?
There are no more malicious reservations. After canceling the reservation and changing the number, the guests came back and the place was full again. After the long queue at the door, more and more people want to squeeze into the building to eat.

People follow the crowd. When there is no one at the door of a restaurant, the waiters shout hoarsely when trying to attract customers. The customers just don't want to go and prefer to stay in crowded places.

So after canceling the reservation and changing the number, the number of guests in Huixian Building increased.

After there were more people, Lin Zhaoxia used a new trick.

At the round table in the lobby on the first floor, many guests always complained that they could not get a seat, so Lin Zhaoxia gave the guests an extra chance and added a breakfast service.

Originally, Huixianlou only served two main meals, lunch and dinner, and the same was true for all restaurants and restaurants in the capital.

It’s not like there are no breakfast shops outside. There are still street food shops or vendors selling breakfast, but there are no large restaurants or restaurants engaged in the breakfast business.

First, I want to concentrate on cooking two main meals. Second, I have to prepare breakfast early. The chefs, purchasers, and clerks are afraid that they will be too busy, which will affect the lunch business. Third, big restaurants look down on the three melons and two dates earned from breakfast.

But Lin Zhaoxia knew that the business of breakfast and afternoon tea was booming, and the turnover was no less than that of two main meals.

In places such as Modern South China, restaurants have not opened until six or seven o'clock, and people waiting for breakfast outside have already queued up early.

The breakfast business in Beijing is a blue ocean. Large restaurants did not do this business, so she came to pick up the missing items. It just so happens that I would like to give back to those customers who have been queuing up and complaining that they still can’t get a seat at the round table after so many days.

The Yingbin Tower secretly made a stumbling block and made malicious reservations, so that no guests came to the Huixian Tower. This bad move was resolved by the Huixian Tower. Before they could think of new tricks, they heard another strange thing...

Huixianlou is going to start a breakfast business!

And only the first floor is open. The private rooms upstairs are not open to the public, and there are no singing, dancing or performances.

Huixian Tower just released the news, and the Yingbin Tower was dumbfounded. A breakfast business?

Selling steamed buns? Or wonton noodles or soybean milk sesame cakes? How much can you make in a morning for a business that only costs a few pennies? Only the first floor area is open, with twenty-eight booths, plus the round table. Even if it can be rotated in several batches, how many people can be seated when it is full?

Can the three melons and two dates earned be worth the wages of the waiter and the cook?
With such a heavy workload, the kitchen and front-of-house staff must be treated like masters.

The night before, I closed the dinner business at the second watch, went home to clean up at the third watch, and went to bed, only to get up and busy with the breakfast business before the fifth watch?
The King of Yue must be crazy if he wants to make money. Will the chef and waiters be happy?
Of course the guys at Huixianlou are happy to do it, and they are happy to do so. Who thinks money bites your hand? It’s just that they are not used in the building. The princess recruited a new group of masters to do the white work, and a new group of clerks were also transferred. He said he was afraid of tiring them.

They want to say that they are not tired at all. They are not afraid of being tired, and they are willing to work harder so that they can earn more. But the princess disagreed. The back chefs of Huixianlou are divided into red and white cases, and the waiters are also divided into two shifts. Two teams.

While people outside were looking forward to it, the breakfast business of Huixianlou finally opened at Maozheng.