"I have heard for a long time that Brother Cui is talented, on the occasion of the Qixi Festival, Nanpu Street is brightly lit, and the grand occasion is unprecedented. A slightly chubby young man said to a young man beside him with a proud face, with a look of sycophancy on his face.

"Hey, what kind of grand occasion is this, not to mention the Zhuque Street in Chang'an, Dingding Street in Luoyang, even Yangzhou Yizhou is thousands of times better than this Yuzhang. The arrogant young man said disdainfully.

"Yes, yes, Brother Cui has seen the world, and it is inevitable that our small place will not be in the eyes of Brother Cui. The chubby young man smiled wryly.

"Bah, this fat man is really a shame for us Yuzhang people," a young man at the table not far away said to his companion next to him.

"Brother Huang, be quiet, be careful so that the teacher hears. The companion next to him hurriedly pulled him, and then pointed to several middle-aged and elderly people sitting on a high seat not far behind him.

"Brother Hu is right, it's really not worth it to go back and be disciplined by the teacher for this fat man. Another young man also persuaded, and said with a strange face: "Besides, this Wang Fat Man is not from Yuzhang, isn't he always boasting that he is the Taiyuan Wang, and he is cheeky to go to the Taishou Mansion to climb relatives with Lord Taishou." ”

"That's right, that's right, Brother Luo is right. The young man surnamed Huang smiled when he heard this.

The young man surnamed Hu looked at the appearance of the two friends in front of him and had to smile.

This is the second floor of a two-storey building on Nanpu Street, this building is called "Hong Building", this is an open floor, there is no fence to obstruct, the surrounding street scene comes into view, looking around, everywhere is the crowd of people playing.

Today, this small building was owned by several great Confucians in Yuzhang City, and a small literary meeting was held here during this festival, of course, the main participants were these young people, that is, the students of this group of Confucian scholars, and took this opportunity to test the knowledge of this group of students, and provide a reference for the assessment in front of Taishou in a few months.

In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination began to become customized, and during the Tianbao period, it became an important channel for the imperial court to take scholars. That's what I said.

In the Tang Dynasty, the selection of local governments was not like the three-level examination of provincial governments and counties in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and as an important basis was the recommendation of the local governor, that is, it was very important to obtain the recommendation of the Taishou.

With the temptation of fame, plus they are all young and vigorous teenagers, the literary meeting has not started for long, and the poetry and essays have not been written much, but the anger has risen a lot.

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"Hey, isn't this Brother Xu?" The curtain of an ox cart on the street of Chongrenfang was blown open by the wind, and the eyes of the owner of the car were attracted by a middle-aged man in his forties walking on the street.

The middle-aged man was dressed in a short shirt and walked comfortably on the street.

"Brother Xu, stay. The owner of the ox cart got out of the cart and hurried two steps to the middle-aged man.

"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Huang. The middle-aged man turned around.

"Brother Xu doesn't go to Honglou to participate in the cultural meeting, but he is interested in coming to this old city to hang out. The middle-aged man surnamed Huang scolded with a smile.

"Brother Huang didn't go either. ”

"Oh, my unsuccessful son is there, and I went, but it was not beautiful. ”

"Under the melon field and plum, Brother Huang, you, there are always so many twists and turns. ”

"Hehe," the middle-aged man surnamed Huang smiled, stared at the middle-aged man surnamed Xu and smiled: "Brother Xu is still so informal." ”

I saw that the middle-aged man surnamed Xu was wearing a coarse linen shirt, with two sleeves rolled up high, a pair of shorts on the lower body, a cloth belt around his waist tied in a knot at random, and a willow hairpin on the top of his head with long hair.

This dress is not much different from those idlers on the street, in comparison, the middle-aged surnamed Huang is much more exquisite. A decent white shirt, a jade belt around his waist, a pair of boots trimmed with gold wire on his feet, and the long hair on the top of his head is coiled with a hosta.

"Wear so many hot days and don't be afraid of prickly heat, I'm not as good as your native Yuzhang. I can't stand the hot and humid weather. ”

This middle-aged man, surnamed Xu, his name, the word Zhiyuan, was born in the imperial examination, he had let go of several county orders, and later entered Beijing as a term of imperial history in the imperial history platform, only because of the impeachment of the magnates, he was demoted to Yuzhangcheng as a doctor of literature. This person has an upright personality, writes well, and is quite proficient in poetry, plus the person he impeached was Li Linfu, the prime minister of the dynasty.

In the past few years, Xu Fan has cultivated himself and cultivated his temperament, not asking about the world, and has lived a leisurely life for a few years.

"Brother Huang, I've been to this Chongrenfang a few times before, I remember that it doesn't seem to be as clean as this, right?" Xu Fan looked around.

"Brother Xu is right, this Chongren Fang is close to the East Lake, in the past, the fishermen on the lake have come here to sell fish, and the time has been a long time in the Fang is naturally stinky, but about a month ago, a new fish market was opened in the Fang, and now the fishermen are going there to sell fish, and the street is naturally a lot cleaner. ”

"It's better to be blocked, this 'Chongrenfang' is a solid person. ”

While talking, the two of them suddenly felt a little hungry in their stomachs, so they looked around to find a restaurant.

"Huh! Wonderful sentence! Wonderful sentence!" Xu Fan couldn't help but praise when he saw the couplet in front of a restaurant on the street.

"Luoxia and the lonely bird fly together, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky. ”

"It's really a good sentence!" the young man surnamed Huang also praised after reading it.

The two looked up and saw the plaque hanging directly above the gate, with four big characters on it, "Ganshui Fisherman's House", which is the name of the restaurant.

The two shook their heads in disappointment, "It's a pity, this is a good couplet. ”

"It's a bit cheesy to get the name of the store. ”

"The two guest officers please, our store specializes in all kinds of aquatic products, rich varieties, novel styles, keep the two of them to eat lingering. A clever young man dressed as a young man greeted him.

The two walked into the store, first of all, they were surprised by this novel decoration, only to see that the small hall on the first floor was divided into small areas by green bamboo, screens, etc., each area is like an independent room, there are bamboo curtains at the door, some areas are placed in the same tatami mats and tables as other restaurants, and some are actually placed with some rare household goods, high garden tables, chairs around are also high, and there are long backrests behind the chairs.

The guy saw that the two of them were looking at these tables and chairs with strange eyes, so he took the initiative to explain: "These are specially made by our host. ”

"What kind of seats do you two have to choose? This is the case in the hall on this floor, and there are special private rooms and private rooms on the second and third floors. ”

"Brother Huang, I think let's sit down in this hall" Xu Fan saw that this restaurant was full of strangeness, and he was curious for a while, so he wanted to take a look.

"Okay. In fact, with the temperament of a middle-aged man surnamed Huang, he didn't want to squeeze with a group of drunken men in this hall, but he didn't want to refute his friend's face.

The guy took the two to a "private room" with tables and chairs according to Xu Fan's request, opened the curtain and invited the two to sit down, and put down the noise next to the curtain as if they had gone away all of a sudden, but they could clearly hear the sound of the table next to them, and the whole environment was lively and private.

"It's quiet in the middle of the noisy, it's appropriate to move and quiet, these are also designed by your host?" Xu Fan sat on the chair and moved, feeling that the tiredness of the journey just now had been soothed, and he was secretly surprised by the effect of the table and chairs, and asked the guy.

"Yes, our owner is amazing! It's just a teenager, I heard that he was still a beggar, and now he not only opened this restaurant, but even the fish market in the fang is also run by the owner, you go outside to inquire, those fishermen say that our owner has a thumbs up, our 'Chongrenfang' can become what it is now, it all depends on our owner, you see the drainage canal on the side of the road and the willows on the side are all run by our owner. Speaking of Xu Chenlai's face full of admiration, it can be said that Xu Chen has become the idol of these young guys.

"Oh, yes, these are all done by your owner, I heard that these are not all done by Fang Zheng?" Xu Fan said with some doubts.

"Guest officer, don't you know, Fang Zheng also mentioned yì to the county lord in the building of our host's house, did you see the plaque at the door? As for that couplet, it was also written by our host. The man took the opportunity to show off again.

"No wonder!" Xu Fan said with relief.

"What do the two guests want? Our store has steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chicken, roasted goose, stewed white eel, stewed yellow eel, bean drum catfish, pot roasted catfish, boiled skin soft-shelled turtle, pot roasted carp, caught fried carp ......"

The guy said quickly, of course, these are also taught by Xu Chen, when training these guys, Xu Chen was not tired to death, most of these guys are illiterate, this crosstalk-like name of the dish is dictated to them by Xu Chen over and over again, the guys remember that although they are diligent, after all, time is still young, so they can only remember one of the paragraphs, and they have to say it coherently, otherwise they will have to forget the words when they stop.

"Wait! We just heard you say that your store only sells aquatic products, and where do these cows, sheep, bears' paws, and so on come from?"

The man's worst fear is still here......

"If you go back to the guest officer, these dishes are all our chefs in accordance with the method of making vegetarian meat in the temple, making the taste of beef and sheep with aquatic products, and launching new dishes, keeping every main ingredient is aquatic products, not for money!"

Speaking of this chef surnamed Luo, it is also a chef specializing in aquatic products that Xu Chen has dug from other restaurants with great effort, originally this Luo chef was reluctant to come to the small restaurant in the old city, it was Xu Chen who handed him the method of stir-frying, and the old Luo who was obsessed with cooking came here willingly.

The cooking methods of the Tang Dynasty were nothing more than steaming, cooking, frying, etc., there was no stir-frying, and it was also because the temperature of the fire was not enough that Xu Chen added a blower to the stove to increase the oil temperature of the iron pot to solve this problem.

"Oh, yes, well, you can bring us some of these new dishes from your store. Xu Fan's curiosity became even heavier.

"Okay! Wait, the dishes will arrive soon!"

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"Guest officer, please see that this dish is called 'Dragon Teng Four Seas', this dragon is actually yellow eel, and this dish is 'Pengcheng Wanli', the peng body is made of yellow croaker carp and other fish meat, the wings are shark fins, as for these golden feathers are actually fried crab roe, and this dish ......"

The guy was gushing about the restaurant's new dishes.

Xu Huang and the others tasted the dishes and found that the taste was indeed good, and Xu Fan's curiosity came again after stopping the cup and throwing the spoon.

"Man, don't you have to greet the other guests?"

"If you go back to the customer, the rules in our store are different from those in other stores. ”

"Oh, what's the difference?"

"That's right, the guys in our shop are only responsible for two tables at most, and if the guys are willing to be in charge of only one table, just like meeting two guests and other curious people need to spend more time entertaining, just go to the main desk to report to the main desk and only be in charge of one table. ”

"Oh, that's a good way to be lazy," Xu Fan said with some disappointment.

"Guest, you're wrong. The guy said with some displeasure.

"Not only must the guys in our shop not be lazy, but they must also be diligent, because it is related to their daily wages. ”

"Oh, isn't the salary of the guys in your store different?" Xu Fan said in surprise.

"Of course it's different! I'll tell you in detail, our owner has formulated a set of detailed rules of rewards and punishments for all our guys, and we will evaluate them every day, and the top three can get a fraction of the daily restaurant's profit, if the fraction is less than 300 Wen, it will be calculated according to 300 Wen, the first place is 150 Wen, the second place is 100 Wen, the third place is 50 Wen, and when it is good, there are more than 900 Wen per person can get more than 300 miles. ”

Then the last three will not only not receive the reward, but the wages of the day will be halved, and if they are the last three in a month for three consecutive days, they will be expelled immediately. ”

"Oh, what is the basis for the evaluation?" Xu Fan was interested.

"Based on the profit of each partner on the day, all the seats in our store, including the lobby and the private room upstairs, are distributed to each partner, and the maximum number of tables per person is two tables, and the consumption of these two tables is the basis for evaluation. All of our idle guys will be on standby at the front desk, and when they see the guests coming in according to the previous day's ranking, the top guy will come forward to entertain them, of course, he can choose not to go, and then it will be the next one's turn, in order to prevent no one from entertaining, the last one must go. In this way......"

In this way, the top guys can vary from person to person, and only choose to greet guests who seem to be wealthy and spend a lot of money, but these guests tend to be particular and spend more time, while those who are at the bottom of the list will spend less time entertaining those who come in just to fill their stomachs, and the number of them will even exceed the top guys. Xu Fan is worthy of being a smart person, and he caught the key point at once.

The guest officer is right, and in order to prevent the guy from having a bad attitude, once the guest complains or refuses to pay, the loss caused by this will be borne by the guy. ”

"Can you guys afford such a high consumption?" the middle-aged man surnamed Huang also asked.

"It's still okay," the guy smiled shyly, "In addition to the rewards for the top three, the basic salary in the store is much higher than that of other stores, and every time a special dish is sold, you can also get a commission of one percent of the price of the dish." ”

"How much does the little brother earn every month?" Xu Fan asked when he saw the man's smile.

"Well... I've reviewed the top three a few times this month, and I got almost the same money, and I can probably have five dollars with the salary commission. The young man said this, his face was full of happiness.

"What? Wuguan money?" the middle-aged man surnamed Huang was shocked when he heard this.

"According to the price of rice on the market, the monthly salary of the nine rank officials of this dynasty is only five stone rice, and it is only a lot of money for a month, and it is not worth the reward of a few days for a young man?"

The middle-aged man surnamed Huang's face was a little bad, and the guy lowered his head stupidly when he saw this, lest he anger the guest officer.

"Forget it, you go down first. Seeing this, Xu Fan instructed the guy.

"Yes, if the guest officer has any orders, please call me. "The man said as if he had been pardoned.

"How can this be reasonable! I think we are waiting for scholars, who have studied hard for more than ten years, and the money that I once got as an official can't compare to this guy who runs the hall. The middle-aged man surnamed Huang said indignantly.

"Brother Huang, you're like you! The young man also makes money by his own labor. ”

"Alas... The Qi Cultivation Kung Fu was not at home, which made Brother Xu smile. ”

"This young owner is really a strange person!" Xu Fan sighed.

Indeed, this reward and punishment regulation can be said to have grasped a certain degree of human nature. Otherwise, it will never be possible. ”

"I'd love to meet this boy......"