Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 60 The Emperor Arrives
After taking a sip of the steaming soy milk poured into the cup by the waiter in the stands, Wang Lin said that the woman who greeted the guests just now is a talent, and he should go back to work as a manager in his own restaurant. However, after he got used to the environment, he watched carefully When looking at the layout and management of Wangjiang Tower, I realized that my own restaurant has so many shortcomings compared with this Big Mac.

In the half hour before noon alone, almost one or two thousand guests came in outside the door, or on the first floor, or on the second floor. Depending on the number of people, the waiter could always guide them to a suitable table to sit without any worries. chaos.

Every two large tables will have a maid in bright red clothes. The maid will meet the needs of every guest on the table, and there will be a counter in the middle of the two tables, where pastries, dried fruits, and dishes are placed in advance. Plates and the like, the maids can use these things at any time. Every time a young man pushing a cart passes a counter, he will ask the maid in the stand if he wants to replenish soy milk, pastries, hot water and so on.

In fact, the places on the first floor where Wang Lin and others cannot see will be more chaotic. Most of them are small tables with three or five people at a table. Here, one waiter is responsible for watching four tables, and most of the people who are seated are here to watch the excitement. Common people, after serving the table, the food will be served, and at this time, the waiter will give each table a book, on which there will be nearly a hundred dishes for them to choose from.

You know, it is winter now, and there is a shortage of food types. Wangjianglou can't escape this limitation, but they only have a few kinds of fish, and they have more than [-] kinds of recipes, as well as chicken, duck, sheep, tofu, etc. There are more than a dozen recipes for each pork food, and the taste is different. Therefore, in the eyes of the ancients, this thick menu is simply extremely rich.

There are also many illiterate customers, the waiter has to recommend them and tell them the price of the dishes, all the prices of the dishes, tea seats, etc. in Wangjianglou are all clearly marked, but the prices are marked with their special symbols Instead, it is what later generations call Arabic numerals, but now!Arabia didn't know where it was, so it became Sun's algebraic symbol.

Not only the price uses this simple number symbol, but also the number of the table and each dish on the menu is numbered. The waiter does not need to learn all the Chinese characters with many strokes, but only needs to write this dish on the list number, the kitchen will know what to cook. Sun Xiangfu has been groping for several days to come up with a quick solution to the word recognition problem. Every waiter can recite the name of the dish when he sees the number As well as the unit price, it can basically guarantee the operation. As time goes on, they will naturally understand the Chinese characters on the menu. Right now, there are already many people with better brains who have recognized all the Chinese characters on the menu. .

Of course, not all the dishes on the menu were brought by Sun Xiangfu from memory. Most of the dishes were just an idea proposed by Sun Xiangfu. Dozens of chefs in the back kitchen were divided into groups, constantly groping and experimenting, wasting a lot of raw materials It was just made, and Sun Xiangfu felt that the taste was right, so it was considered OK. So far, Wangjiang Restaurant has taken a step forward compared to other restaurants, and has an additional dish research department.

It was only when Wang Lin and the others started looking through the menu that they realized the strength of the Wangjianglou kitchen system. In fact, he wanted to serve every dish. This was his habit of eating in other restaurants in the past. In a normal restaurant, there would be no more than twenty dishes in winter, but he looked at the round table, although it was very big, he couldn't put down so many dishes.

"Send all the best dishes here." Wang Lin didn't bother to choose from the menu, and handed the menu to the waiter.

"My lord, every dish in our Wangjiang Tower is delicious, why don't I recommend some special dishes that are not available elsewhere! I guarantee that the lords will be satisfied."

The waiter still maintains a graceful standing posture, with a smiling expression on his face. Although he is not particularly beautiful, it makes people feel at ease.

"Then just watch it!"

Wang Lin originally came here with anger, but he couldn't express it to the woman who was smiling and looking at him like this, so he waved the folding fan in his hand casually and said.

"Then I recommend a stone pot fish hot pot, with radish strips, sprouts, tofu, bean skin, and other side dishes, and a grilled lamb chop and a beggar's chicken, as well as steamed eggs with pickled cabbage and lotus ribs Vegetable stew is almost enough for several young masters to eat." The waiter explained with a smile.

"There are so many of us, and there are only five dishes? Are you afraid that we won't be able to pay?" Wu Ting said angrily after hearing the waiter's introduction.

"Hehe, don't be annoyed, my lord. When you see our dishes, you'll know that five dishes may not be enough." The waiter still explained with a smile. Before seeing the real food, Wu Ting really couldn't tell.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, the waiter quickly wrote down the serial numbers of these dishes on a small white paper, then handed the list and a small brush to Wang Lin who was on the main seat, "If you confirm the order, I will The dishes recommended just now will be ticked on this list, and when the bill is settled, the price will be based on the price clearly marked on the menu, and a tea seat fee of five yuan per person will be added."

"Uh, what's the fee for the tea seat?" Wang Lin didn't just come here for dinner, he also wanted to inspect the newly opened Wangjianglou, so he asked casually.

"The tea seat fee is the seat fee for you gentlemen, because this restaurant has a wonderful performance that lasts for an hour. In addition, there is unlimited supply of soy milk and hot drinks. Only when guests buy a tea seat can they sit down to eat, watch the show, and enjoy soy milk. Unlimited refills for hot drinks." The waiter explained with a smile.

"What about the drinks?" Wang Lin asked again.

"There is also a drink list with clearly marked prices. Most of the famous drinks in Chang'an are available. However, today's grand opening offers free drinks. After the banquet starts, a bartender cart will deliver our homemade drinks in Wangjiang Tower."

The waiter explained, and soon, a patrolling male waiter came over, and she gave him a copy of the dish codes on the menu that Wang Lin had ticked, and the waiter would hand over the list to the kitchen , the chefs will cook the dishes according to the order, and then the waiters who pass the dishes will deliver them.

This situation can be seen everywhere in the restaurant. The new restaurant business model requires the waiters to explain to the customers, so that everyone knows what the dining mode is here. Therefore, the waiters in the lobby on the first and second floors are very busy, but the guests are busy. It is easy to enjoy the service.

Outside the door, the four dandies who served as welcome guests were not idle, and soon led a family of a state official and a family of a prime minister to the private rooms on the third floor, also according to the number of people prompted by the waiter, of course, Those with relatively few family members, such as Qin Qiong, shared a room with Dugumou, and some courtiers below the third rank. Although there were many people from the family, they chose to sit on the table in the hall because they were afraid of occupying the position of Shangguan.

Just before noon, 4000% to [-]% of the seats in the entire restaurant were full, about three to four thousand people, and the emperor's carriage also arrived at the gate at this time.

"I said, why do all the dignitaries of the Manchu Dynasty run here? It turns out that the emperor is also coming, but he didn't wear a crown today, so I don't have to salute him later." Wang Lin glanced downstairs and was greeted by everyone. Li Shimin walked up to the third floor like stars holding the moon.

"That's right, that's right, we don't need to praise the emperor's stinky feet when we're a big family." Then Wu Ting and You Rongyan answered the sentence, only to find that the tables around them suddenly quieted down, and sitting in the hall was just as bad. Don't speak too loudly, or you will be overheard by the people on the counter next door.

"Your Majesty and all the ladies are able to visit the Wangjiang Tower. It is a great blessing for me. I will announce the opening of the banquet." After Sun Xiangfu gave a big gift to the concubines and princes in the private room, Xiang followed him nervously. Xixi Chuntao waved her hand, and soon she ran to the kitchen.

Li Shimin brought quite a lot of people, almost filling an extra-large private room with eight tables, not only the empress's eldest grandson Wuyou and several noble concubines, even the concubines, the princes and princesses were all there. , including the eunuchs and aunts serving, there are six to seventy people. The eight-year-old prince Li Chengqian took Sun Xiangfu's arm first and said, "Sun Xiamu, do you have beggar chicken today? Is there any new song performance? "

"Yes, yes, after the banquet, Wei Chen will go to change costumes and put on makeup, then I will invite the prince to watch, this performance is absolutely wonderful."

Many unofficial histories have it that Li Chengqian loved to wear Hu clothes in the East Palace when he was an adult, playing the role of Turkic Khan, singing and playing with a group of brothel prostitutes all day long. It seems that this person was really interested in this aspect since he was a child. He was born to be an actor, but unfortunately He was born in the emperor's family and became the eldest son.

"The prince is young, so don't bring him down."

Empress Changsun rolled her eyes at Sun Xiangfu and said, at this time, Li Shimin, who had carefully looked at the private room, walked up to Sun Xiangfu and said, "The design of your restaurant is exquisite, and the profit should be close at hand, but there is the Prince's East Palace inside. Please don't make any trouble and damage the reputation of the royal family, and I will only ask you when the time comes."

Seeing that the restaurant had gathered thousands of diners on the first day it opened, Li Shimin was more concerned about political issues. Besides him, who else in Datang could call a gathering of thousands of people, so he told Sun Xiangfu just to remind him, In his heart, he had already decided to send secret guards to monitor the restaurant.

Sun Xiangfu was depressed in his heart, why does your son have a share in the restaurant, but I am the only one who asks when something goes wrong, but the emperor is no longer someone he can reason with, so he personally explained to everyone some of the facilities and uses of the No. [-] box After that, Sun Xiangfu quickly ran to the backstage of the stage on the first floor. After a meal, the show that had been rehearsed for more than a month was about to begin.

The things he put in so much effort to make are not just to amuse everyone, or to make more money for the restaurant. In later generations, there is a kind of aura called star aura. When there is this kind of aura to protect his body, his Every word and deed will attract the attention of the whole people, and what Sun Xiangfu has to do is to put this kind of star halo on himself. At that time, those aristocratic families don't deal with him blatantly, even if they say something bad about him behind his back, the people will know , It will also cause a great shock, the power of the people is infinite, sometimes even greater than the imperial power, Sun Xiangfu does not believe that he has the dual protection of the imperial power and the power of the people, these aristocratic families dare to touch him.

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