Yipin Tang

Chapter 19 Degui Restaurant
"Wang Jiancheng, is this your family's Degui Restaurant?"

Seeing Li Zhi's expression of wanting to laugh, Wang Xiang looked depressed. It's time to eat. The restaurants in Chang'an City are full of people, but the Degui Restaurant is empty. There is only one table of people eating in the huge restaurant.

"Maybe the guests are eating in the private room on the second floor." Wang Xiang said awkwardly.

As soon as Wang Xiang entered the door, Wang Degui came to greet him because he had been notified by Wang Steward and Xiaoya.

"Master, you are here."

Wang Xiang nodded and said, "Today I brought two... distinguished friends, please arrange a better seat."

Wang Degui smiled and said, "The private rooms on the second floor are all empty, and they have been prepared for you early in the morning."

"Haha!" Li Zhi finally couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard Wang Degui's words.

Wang Degui looked puzzled and didn't know why Li Zhi suddenly laughed, but he also knew that the two people brought by Wang Xiang had unusual identities, so he could only laugh along with him.

Wang Xiang looked at the layout of the restaurant and shook his head in his heart. You must know that the first thing a guest feels when entering a restaurant is not the quality of the dishes, but the environment of the restaurant. The environment of Degui Restaurant can be described in one word - soil.

That’s right, it’s dirt. If you have to use two words to describe it, it’s very dirt. Even if the surrounding walls and pillars are not covered with gold and silver, you should at least paint it with a layer of paint. What’s wrong with the bare wood exposed outside? thing?Is it possible that you still want to play something close to nature and return to simplicity?
There are also those tables and chairs. Although the hall on the first floor is not the private room on the second floor, they should not be too casual.

"Degui, do you know why our restaurant's business is not good?" Wang Xiang asked lightly.

Wang Degui's face flushed, and he murmured: "Master, the food in our restaurant is cheap, and the portions are full, which is more affordable than other restaurants, but the business is not as good as other restaurants for some reason."

"Affordable? Opening a restaurant in Chang'an City is about affordable? People who can eat in a restaurant care about a little more money or the amount of food? The people who really care about affordable are ordinary people. How many times have you eaten at a restaurant?"

Wang Degui has inherited his father's temperament, but he is honest but not shrewd enough.But now is not the time to talk to him about these things, Wang Xiang sighed and said: "Take us up first."

The private room on the second floor is much better than the lobby on the first floor, but Wang Xiang is still not satisfied, with a strong nouveau riche atmosphere, he can't help but think of Ningxiang's painting boat, the layout is called a master.

After sitting down, Wang Degui went to prepare the dishes. Li Chengqian looked at Wang Xiang with a half-smile and said, "Wang Jiancheng is not only talented in poetry, but also knows how to grow auspicious things. I didn't expect that he is also good at managing a business. He is really versatile."

"His Royal Highness made fun of it. All I know are small ways, how can it be compared with His Royal Highness's way of governing the country."

Li Chengqian really laughed heartily after hearing this, "The planting methods of poetry and auspiciousness are not trivial, but if Wang Jiancheng wants not to be criticized by others, it is better to have less involvement in this business, and spread the word to Wang Jiancheng's reputation." not good."

In ancient times, the status of merchants was not high. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants ranked at the bottom. If officials were in business, they would be looked down upon by others. Merchants valued reputation, and merchants pursued profits, so Li Chengqian was also persuading Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiang smiled wryly and shook his head and said, "I never thought about becoming an official. When the Tudou incident is over, I want to resign with Your Majesty and continue to be my dandy young master. That will be comfortable."

Li Chengqian couldn't help being stunned when he heard Wang Xiang's words, and his expression didn't look like he was joking.

"I'm afraid that Wang Jiancheng will be disappointed. The Tudou incident has contributed a lot, and the father will definitely give Wang Jiancheng a promotion."

"His Royal Highness, can you help me tell His Majesty that you don't need to be promoted, but you just need to reward more gold, silver and jewelry."

"You..." Li Chengqian opened his mouth wide and pointed at Wang Xiang without saying a word for a long time, and finally said angrily: "You can talk about it yourself at that time." He murmured in his heart: No wonder this prince Xin didn't join Wei Wang's literary museum, If it wasn't for the imperial father's direct decree, I'm afraid he doesn't want the position of supervisor, and there are still people who don't want to be promoted and just want some gold, silver and jewelry as rewards. Is it afraid that there will be no gold and silver if they have an official position?

After a while, Wang Degui brought out the meals himself, and they were all ordinary meals. Both Li Zhi and Li Chengqian frowned at the sight, which was much worse than Baiweilou.

"Why are there no fresh vegetables?" Li Zhi asked dissatisfied.

Wang Degui quickly replied: "The kitchen only has some dried vegetables stored last year, and it will take another two months for fresh vegetables to grow." He didn't know that Wang Xiang would build a greenhouse, and this was the first time Wang Xiang came to Degui after crossing over. Restaurant.

After Li Zhi ate hot pot at Wang Xiang's house, his mouth started to pick up. He pouted and fiddled with the food on the plate and said, "Why doesn't Wang Jiancheng bring some fresh vegetables to the restaurant, and the hot pot, why doesn't the restaurant No, no wonder business is not good."

Li Chengqian also asked enthusiastically after hearing the words: "I have heard from my child that Wang Jiancheng's house has fresh vegetables to eat in winter. I wonder if it is true or not?"

Wang Xiang nodded and said, "I did learn how to build a greenhouse from a businessman in the Western Regions, and I can grow vegetables in winter, but because I don't grow many vegetables, I don't supply them to restaurants."

Seeing that Li Zhi still looked unhappy, Wang Xiang shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there's anything delicious."

Only then did Li Zhi smile sweetly, and urged: "Hehe, Wang Jiancheng, hurry up, it would be even better if you have the Sprite you drank last time."

Wang Degui whispered: "Master, these are already the best meals in our restaurant."

"You are here to greet, I will go to the kitchen to see."

When Wang Xiang went downstairs to Wang Degui, he thought of a question: Does the young master know where the kitchen is?

Of course Wang Xiang didn't go to the kitchen to look for food, what could he find there, he went downstairs and found a hidden corner and entered the warehouse.

At first, Wang Xiang was worried about whether the things in the warehouse would go bad after being stored for a long time. As a result, after so many days, the vegetables inside were exactly the same as before, not shriveled and yellowed. This surprised Wang Xiang, as if they were placed in the space. Everything will remain the same as when it was first placed.

I found something to eat, tore off the packaging, took out another bottle of Sprite Wang Xiang, and left the space.

Back in the private room on the second floor, Li Zhi smiled when he saw the food brought by Wang Xiang, but Wang Degui looked dull. Is there so much food in the kitchen?Why don't I know?

"Master, are these foods from our restaurant?"

"These were delivered by me a few days ago, so you don't know yet. By the way, there are some vegetables on the counter downstairs. You asked the kitchen to bring them up." Wang Xiang made up a lie and ordered Wang Degui Then he went downstairs with a look of doubt.

"potato chips!"

Li Zhi cheered in surprise when he saw that there were potato chips in the food Wang Xiang brought, and suddenly thought of something and said nervously: "The potato chips are made of potatoes, and the emperor said that potatoes are not allowed to be eaten."

Only then did Wang Xiang remember what Yuchi Jingde said last time, and he felt a chill in his heart. Damn, I just thought that Li Zhi likes to eat potato chips, but he forgot about it. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and hurriedly He explained: "This is all made before, and it's a waste if you don't eat it."

Li Chengqian was very curious about the food that Wang Xiang brought up, and did not pursue the matter of the potatoes, and asked, "Wang Jiancheng, what kind of food are these?"

Wang Xiang pointed to the food on the table and explained one by one: "This is spicy enoki mushroom, this is preserved egg, this is braised duck feet, this is sauce-flavored beef..."

"There is beef?"

Hearing Li Chengqian's surprised voice, Wang Xiang wanted to slap himself, why did he forget about the beef again, "Um, because Zhuangshang accidentally dropped a cow to death a while ago, so I made some sauce-flavored beef."

Li Chengqian looked at Wang Xiang with a half-smile, with an expression that I understood, then picked up a piece of beef and threw it into his mouth to chew, and praised: "The crispy meat has a strong taste, not bad, even my Prince's Mansion rarely eats it." Beef, the cattle in Wang Jiancheng's farm fall well."

Wang Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Chengqian pointed at the preserved egg with chopsticks and asked in surprise: "Is this an egg? Why is it so crystal clear and green, like agate."

"This preserved egg is made with a special method, and the taste is different from ordinary eggs."

Hearing Wang Xiang's explanation, Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "Why is it called preserved egg? I think it's more appropriate to call it agate egg."

"Brother Prince said that it is called agate egg, so it is called agate egg." Li Zhi didn't care about this, he couldn't wait for so many foods that he had never seen before, and he was so happy to eat them.

After a while, the fresh vegetables that were prepared were also served on the table. Li Chengqian sighed while eating: "Although the dishes of Degui Restaurant do not look as exquisite as those of Baiwei Restaurant, they taste fresh. Especially the spicy Flammulina velutipes and agate eggs, I've never tasted this kind of taste before." Perhaps because of the spicy Flammulina velutipes, Li Chengqian burped after taking a few sips of Sprite, which made Li Zhi giggle.

"Wang Jiancheng's Degui Restaurant has these delicacies, why don't they serve them out, so that the business is so slow."

Wang Xiang said with a smile: "I'm planning to take a rest for a while and introduce some new dishes, and I will invite the two Highnesses to come and support me."

"I'll definitely come over to support you." Hearing that there was a new dish, Li Zhi expressed his excitement immediately, Wang Xiang secretly smiled and said: "The future Emperor Gaozong is actually a snack foodie. Based on what we know about the delicacies of later generations, it seems that this can be mixed in the future." Not bad.

The three of them were chatting happily, and Wang Degui suddenly ran upstairs.

"Master, a little maid from the Wu family came to deliver a letter saying that something happened to the wife of the Wu family."

"What!" Wang Xiang was shocked when he heard the words, and immediately thought of that naughty little loli.

(End of this chapter)