Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 61
In Sun Xiangfu's view, grasping the hot spots of public opinion is also a kind of energy. Now more than [-]% of Chang'an's dignitaries gather in Wangjiang Tower, so there are many places that he can use. For example, today's dishes are based on Fish, bean products, chicken, and pork are the main ingredients, and Xingfu Village, which can produce a large amount of these ingredients, has a bright future after this feast.

As soon as the lunch hour arrived, more than 200 food passers began to deliver dishes to each table. At the same time, the first burst of exclamation came from every corner of the hall. Those who ordered the stone pot recommended by the waiter The top of the restaurant is related to the big owners of the restaurant. The dignitaries who brought gifts to congratulate them do not need to order, so there must be a stone pot fish on their table, including Li Shimin's private room. inside.

"Wow, this stone pot is really big, there are so many fish slices in it!"

In the private room, Li Chengqian and several princes and princesses exclaimed. It turned out that after the tablecloth on the big round table was lifted, there was a hollowed-out tabletop in the middle, and there was a charcoal stove underneath. After igniting the charcoal, a large stone pot with a diameter of about one meter is placed at the mouth of the furnace. In the stone pot, there are tofu, bean sprouts, bean skin, sauerkraut, radish strips and other side dishes as the base, and the top is covered There are several layers of sliced ​​fish fillets and a big fish head. This is a fish fillet made of more than ten kilograms of large grass carp. The kitchen has almost picked out the spines when the fish was sliced. In the center, it is watered by the boiling soup, which is very attractive. The wild fish in this era is nutritious, and the whole pot of fish soup boiled straight is milky white, delicious and attractive.

"Your Majesty, the first pot of fish soup is delicious, you can drink a bowl of soup first, and then start eating fish." There are colanders and soup spoons beside the pot, and the waiter first used the soup spoon to fill a bowl of fish soup for everyone sitting. .

In the private room, there are usually eight to ten people at a table, and the seating is relatively loose, but each table has a waiter in the stands, basically the waiter is responsible for helping everyone get food out of the pot, and this requires two people to carry it. A large pot of ingredients that can be moved can actually feed a table of people.

Afterwards, pre-prepared dishes such as braised chicken, roasted lamb, steamed pork, braised pork, etc. came up quickly, and some stir-fried dishes came up one after another. In less than a quarter of an hour, a whole table was filled , Just looking at it makes people appetite.

"Well, it's delicious..."

The princes and concubines in the private room are no less tired of their compliments than the ordinary diners downstairs. Moreover, it feels good for the whole family to eat around a hot pot. After a while, the whole family The atmosphere in the restaurant became lively.

"How did they do it?" Wang Lin asked in disbelief at the table next to the railing on the second floor.

It took less than a quarter of an hour for the food for thousands of people, and it was almost ready. Moreover, the dishes were delicious. Looking at the things cooked in the big stone pot on the table, even he, who was used to living a life of rich clothes and fine food, began to drool. Drooling, Wu Ting and the others, who had poor concentration, had already started to eat.

"It must have been prepared in advance, but the kitchen of Wangjiang Tower is really big. There are thousands of people and hundreds of tables of dishes! Moreover, there are many people who order different dishes just like us. .” Zheng Xuancheng, who also has a restaurant business at home, said with a grim expression.

Compared with Xinxiang Tower and Deyue Tower, which can only accommodate a few hundred people at most, the size of this Wangjiang Tower is simply a giant. Don't look at the four or five thousand diners in the restaurant now, just one or two more Qian can sit down easily, because today's occupancy rate is only [-]% to [-]%, but Sun Xiangfu's kitchen system is able to supply all customers.

"Here comes the wine, here comes the wine."

Today's drink is free, and it's just delivered to the table pot by pot, and the cups for pouring wine are also small and pitiful. I want to take this opportunity to make trouble, saying that Wang Lin and others who are stingy from the owner of the restaurant have not even opened their mouths. A strong smell of alcohol hit the nostrils. Seeing the expressions on their faces, the waiter, who knew what they were thinking, laughed.

"It's not that our host is being stingy, it's just that our Wangjianglou specialty wine is too strong to drink in a big cup. Even if you use a small cup, I advise you to drink slowly. It's very difficult to wake up after getting drunk."

Sun Xiangfu doesn't know any advanced wine-making techniques. He only knows that alcohol can be obtained by distilling the wine of this era, and that alcohol can be mixed with more water or honey to obtain a relatively high-concentration blended wine. Therefore, This kind of spirits that will give you a headache when you get drunk, and you can't smell the alcohol within three days will be out of the pot, but the brewers in Wangjiang Tower are constantly studying how to make this distilled wine more delicious. Glycol, more suitable for drinking.

"Ha, this wine is really strong. If we had this wine when we were fighting in the north, many men in the army would not have been frozen to death." Dugu Mou drank a small cup, wrinkled his nose and said.

Qin Qiong, who was sitting beside him, had a severe nose twitch, and raised his glass high, but the waiter didn't pour him any wine.

"My master said that this wine is too strong and can easily damage Yigong's body, so you can't give Yigong a drop."

"This brat, this brat, hey, I'm so angry..."

Seeing Qin Qiong's gluttonous appearance, Dugu Mou also laughed out loud, and hurriedly advised him to eat more vegetables, this jug of wine!He had it all to himself.

The aroma of wine permeated the entire hall and private rooms at once, and the enthusiasm of the banquet was pushed up a bit. By this time, Wang Lin and others could no longer care about comparing their own restaurant with Wangyuelou. Let's eat first. Let's talk when we're full.

In the No. [-] box, Li Shimin drank three small glasses of wine, and said with a rosy face, "That kid really has a lot of good things hidden, but I think that as long as there are too few people in this restaurant."

Changsun Wuyou nodded and said, "This person's talent lies in the way of growth, but with him in hand, we will not worry about making money in the future, but if there are more projects, I will pay attention to the distribution of benefits." .”

When Empress Changsun was talking to Li Shimin, the other concubines would not dare to intervene. However, through the conversation between the two of them, several noble concubines also knew Sun Xiangfu's talent and kept it in their hearts. They will ask the forces behind them to find Sun Xiangfu to contact him. You must know that the reason why Empress Changsun is so favored in the harem is not only because of her beauty. Her greatest ability is to help Li Shimin save money, make money, and manage the family.

The scene of eating and drinking in front of the hall is lively, but behind the stage, there are intense final preparations. As I said before, mastering the hot spots and public opinion in society is a kind of strength, so Sun Xiangfu will also use this opportunity to develop this kind of strength, Spending a lot of money to buy cotton and making clothes is also intentional. Cotton clothes are more warm and warm, and they are a weapon for the people and the army to fight against the cold winter. He wants to promote the trend of wearing cotton clothes in the Tang Dynasty. A hundred catties of cotton seeds are all cultivated and planted, and a large amount of cotton is produced. Therefore, it is only the first step for the waiters in Wangjiang Tower to wear cotton clothes and trousers. On the stage, various fashionable cotton clothes and costumes are the key to promote this trend. .

"My lady, you are so beautiful."

"Sir, you are so handsome."

After changing their clothes and putting on their makeup, the couple looked at each other affectionately in the background, and the dog food immediately smashed several of the onlookers to death.

"Attention all groups, all arrive at the designated positions within a quarter of an hour, and start the performance according to the usual rehearsal steps, and there must be no mistakes or omissions."

Uncle De, who was temporarily brought in as the chief director, has learned Sun Xiangfu's tone by ten percent. He also watched the rehearsal every few days. His love for this kind of drama is no less than that of Lawyer Pei and others. Among the young people, he never felt that he would be so serious about one thing. In this quarter of an hour or so, he had already told the two children, Sun Deshou and Mrs. Zhao Ya played it seven or eight times, and the two children who were not too nervous became a little nervous. In this, Sun Deshou played the role of the little shepherd boy, and Zhao Ya played the role of Xiao Bai Suzhen, but the scene was only two or three minutes long. It's just lines.

In Pei Ji's No. [-] private room, lawyer Pei, who patted his belly after eating, looked at Pei Ji, who didn't eat much, but was still interested in the table full of food, and said, "Father, are you full? It's almost time."

"What do you mean it's about time? Are you cursing me that I'm going to die?" That's how Pei Ji and his son usually talk. Who knows that the two father and son's personalities are very different, and lawyer Pei only has such a son.

"Uh, my son said that it's almost time to perform on the stage. If you are full, you can go to the viewing seats by the windowsill with all the ladies."

Pei Ji's wife died early, but there are quite a few concubines. Hearing this, his complexion looks better. He is used to singing and dancing in brothels. Usually when he is with Li Yuan, the greatest pleasure is watching singing and dancing. But I don't think the singing and dancing in Wangjiang Tower can be that good.

It was similar to the situation in Pei Ji's private room. Cheng Chumo, who had watched the rehearsal, was eagerly urging his brothers and sisters who were full to go to the bathroom, and told them not to disturb everyone watching the play by making noise. Bao Lin also pulled his old lady to sit on the fence near the stage in the private room, holding his younger brother Yuchi Baoqing in his arms. As for Yuchi Gong's concubines, they could only sit in the back row.

In Li Shimin's private room, Chuntao came in person. Seeing that the emperor, the couple and the imperial concubines were full, she invited them to sit on the stands beside the railing. Seeing everything on the stage condescendingly, if no one is making noise, the voice can be heard clearly. After telling the servants to pay attention to the younger prince and princess, Chuntao ran to the backstage on the first floor to inform that the show can start .

The first curtain was opened, and Sun Xiangfu, who was dressed as a scholar in a cotton robe, was standing on the edge of the stage, putting his right index finger between his lips, signaling for everyone to silence, and only after the whole restaurant became quiet, he opened his mouth and said, "Because the restaurant is too big and there are too many diners and audiences, in order for everyone to hear and see the singing and dancing on the stage clearly, please keep your voice quiet throughout the performance and don't move around. Don’t applaud casually, every time you change the background, there will be a small gap, everyone can pat their palms to show their love for the show, it’s best not to exceed the five breath time, do you understand this rule?”

"Understood..." The audience in the audience responded sparsely.

"Thank you for your support. Next, a tortuous love story of a thousand-year-old snake demon will be staged on the stage. Everything that happens on the stage is just a play. Please don't be surprised, take it seriously, and don't ask questions. After the show is over , and then share and discuss with relatives and friends, warning, those who are timid, you can leave first!"

Sun Xiangfu's joking tone caused the audience to burst into laughter again. However, what he said made the audience want to watch the performance even more. Almost none of them admitted that they were timid and left the stage.

"Then, next, please enjoy the theme song and dance of the large-scale stage play "Legend of the White Snake"."

(End of this chapter)