170 Fairy Grass
In addition to the first day of opening, the Qingzhou City branch of 'Yipinxian' was still lively in the next few days, and with the coming and going of people, the hot scene of the opening of the branch was also spread by the population and widely circulated.
The He family was still immersed in the joy of the opening of the medicinal restaurant, and this sudden news was like pouring a basin of ice water on their heads, and it was like a slap in the face. Except for the eldest young master He Yunyi, who only reads the books of sages and thinks that businessmen are lowly, the three women of the He family are all indignant and completely hate the merchants.
They didn't deliberately inquire about the situation, they just felt that the merchant deliberately chose the same day as them in order to humiliate them. They don't want to think that they would choose that day because it was the most suitable and auspicious day. When you open your door to do business, you naturally want to have an auspicious celebration, so the merchant also chose the same day, otherwise the opening will have to be delayed for half a month.
Even if the merchants can afford to wait, those who have been waiting for the opening of the 'Yipinxian' Qingzhou City branch can't wait. What's more, why should the merchant stagger the day with the He family? Could it be that if the He family chooses that date, can't others choose it?
How can this be true?
The three women of the He family are not stupid, they don't understand this truth, they just don't want to think about it, they only subconsciously feel that this thing is that the merchant is doing something wrong, and the merchant is deliberate.
But no matter what they think, it won't affect Li Shuhua and Shang Jinxiu, let alone the business of 'Yipinxian'.
Qingzhou City is prosperous, there are a lot of ingredients, and the dishes of 'Yipin Xian' are naturally more abundant. Some large families can afford to eat these ingredients and eat them regularly, but they found out. It's obviously the same ingredient, but the taste of 'Yipinxian' is even better.
These men are not short of silver. Naturally, he will not deduct himself from eating, and directly become a regular guest of 'Yipin Xian'. I order food at 'Yipin Xian' every day. 'Yipinxian' has also specially launched three different levels of brass, silver, and gold guests, as long as they pay a certain amount of silver, they can become guests of the corresponding level and enjoy privileges.
These privileges include priority dining, specific menu offerings, and a variety of private dining rooms.
Shang Jinxiu is obviously a profiteer, and she has set up some dishes as exclusive dishes, which only customers above the brass level can buy, and ordinary customers do not have this qualification. Only one type of special dish can be selected for the Brass level, and two can be selected for the Silver level. You can choose from four Gold levels.
These special dishes are specially baked with great care, and both the dishes and the taste are better than the imperial meals.
Not only that, but Silver guests will have a private room, while Gold guests will have a deluxe box.
The more money you give, the more privileges you will enjoy.
This matter was quickly sent into the palace by the secret guard who was in charge of monitoring Shang Shigong, and after Emperor Taizu knew about it, the whole person was not good. I want him to be an emperor, but he doesn't eat as well as the people!
This moment. Emperor Taizu even had an impulse to send someone to ask the merchant how many cooks he had. But soon he calmed down and did not put this almost crazy idea into action. If he really does this, what will the world think of him? The chair under his ass wasn't yet secure. Those big families are all eyeing each other, and he can't let these people grab the handle!
In addition, he is still very optimistic about business merit. If he really asked Shang Shigong to ask for a cook, Shang Shigong probably hadn't waited for him to be reused. was played to death by those ruthless families.
Helpless, Emperor Taizu had to put this matter aside for the time being. However, I don't know if Lu Dao was affected by the secret letter. When he had lunch at noon, he didn't have any appetite at all! I even think that the imperial food is too unpalatable!
So, while swallowing the food with difficulty, Emperor Taizu scolded Shang Shigong fiercely in his heart, and by the way, he also made a note for him, and decided to wait for revenge to come back later.
Shang Shigong, who was dining with his wife and children, suddenly felt a little chill in his back, and his heart was hairy, but after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't understand what was going on.
Shang Jinxiu was the first to notice that something was wrong with Shang Shigong, and asked him worriedly: "Dad, what's wrong with you?" ”
Shang Shigong shook his head: "It's okay, let's eat." ”
This matter passed like this, and Shang Shigong did not pay attention to it. It wasn't until many years later that he finally became a Beijing official, and when he was severely tossed by Emperor Taizu, he only thought that Emperor Taizu had a problem with his personality and was moody, but he didn't know the reason for this.
The business of the 'Yipinxian' Qingzhou City branch is too good, and Shang Jinxiu and Li Shuhua don't have to worry about it at all. If the only thing that worries the two of them is that many people always ask them openly and secretly when they plan to open a 'Yipinxian' branch in such and such a place, which makes the two very embarrassed.
If you really want to talk about it, the two of them have the strength to open the branches of 'Yipinxian' all over Qingzhou, but the merchants are now standing on the cusp, and when they should be low-key, even if they have money, it is impossible for them to do this.
However, Li Shuhua and Shang Jinxiu were struggling with the business of 'Yipinxian' being too good, while the three women of the He family were struggling with the business of the medicinal restaurant was too bad.
After the first three days of freshness, the business of the medicinal restaurant began to cool down. It can't be helped, the contents are too expensive. How big is Qingshan County? Even if there are people with strong backgrounds, how many dare to eat openly?
This is also He Yunqi's miscalculation, she used the recipe that He Liu's family sent to collect at the beginning. What is the identity of the Heliu clan? In order to be worthy of her identity, the prescriptions she sent to find were all good medicines, what ginseng, bird's nest, deer antler velvet, Ganoderma lucidum, cordyceps sinensis, such medicinal materials, where can ordinary people afford to eat?
With such a good medicine, the cost will go up, and the selling price will naturally not go down, and how many people dare to take it?
What's more, the taste of the things is still very ordinary, no different from what I make at home. With this money, it is better to make it at home, so why do you have to spend a high price to buy a medicinal food restaurant?
The three women of the He family are not business materials, and they have never investigated and studied the purchasing power of the people, and the result is such an oolong. These medicinal foods also take a long time to boil and must be prepared in advance. It's too late to wait for the guests to come and order again. But once it is ready, the guests order less, and the rest cannot be sold, so how much silver do you have to lose?
Seeing that within a few days, the Medicinal Diet Pavilion not only did not make any money, but lost a lot, and He Liu's hair turned gray. He Yunqi and Zhang Xiuhua were also unhappy, their faces were pale, like frosted eggplants.
As soon as He Liushi and Zhang Xiuhua were in a bad mood, they remembered that it was He Yunqi who proposed to open a medicinal restaurant at the beginning, so the two of them were naturally angry and talked about He Yunqi several times.
When He Yunqi heard this, he became more and more angry in his heart, and he was very unfair. She felt very aggrieved, 'Xiangmanlou' was also opened at her mention, how much money has she made so far? Why didn't He Liushi and Zhang Xiuhua say it? What's more, when she proposed to open a medicinal restaurant, He Liushi and Zhang Xiuhua agreed as soon as they heard it, and they both felt that they would definitely be able to make money.
Now that things have developed to this point, they actually blame her for the fault, how unfair is it to her?
However, while she was angry, she was also very angry about the popularity of 'Yipinxian'. She thought jealously, if it weren't for Shang Shigong becoming the prefect of Qingzhou, those people wanted to tie up, how could the business of 'Yipinxian' be so good?
Just when the He family was worried, He Yunqi happened to see something. It was a pot of blood-red flowers, bright and dazzling in the sun.
He Yunqi was shocked when she saw it, and then, a vague memory suddenly appeared in her mind, and when the memory gradually became clear, He Yunqi was directly stunned on the spot.
This pot of flowers, she had seen in her previous life. At that time, she still saw it with Shang Jinxiu.
Because Shang Jinxiu has been collecting seeds and plants that are not available in Qingshan County, someone sent such a pot of flowers. At that time, she happened to be a guest at the merchant and saw it. At that time, she liked the flowers very much, and even smiled and discussed with Shang Jinxiu. After asking the name of the flower, although he bought it with money, after the person who sent the flower left, he uprooted the whole flower with his own hands and stepped on it.
At that time, she thought that Shang Jinxiu did this because she opened her mouth to ask for flowers, so she deliberately did it for her. However, Shang Jinxiu told her at the time that the flower was not a good thing, and it would be harmful to stay.
She was curious, so she asked what she wanted, and then Shang Jinxiu said.
"This flower is poisonous, and the poison extracted can make people addicted, and at the end of the year, they will become wasted."
Shang Jinxiu said such a sentence at the time, she asked again, but Shang Jinxiu refused to elaborate.
Seeing this pot of flowers again at this time, He Yunqi suddenly had a sense that something was wrong, but after that, he was full of curiosity. She really wants to know how this flower is addictive, and how it turns people into waste.
Because in this life, she also learned from Shang Jinxiu to collect seeds and plants that were not available in Qingshan County, so this time the other party sent flowers to her.
He Yunqi asked the man curiously, "What kind of flower is this?" ”
The man immediately said flatteringly: "Miss Hui, the name of this flower is fairy grass, and its husk is a very good spice, which can make people who eat it happy like a fairy when added to food." ”
He Yunqi's face changed instantly, she squinted her eyes suspiciously, and looked at the person through the curtain. It's a pity that because of the separation of one layer, she can't see anything else except the obvious flattery on the other party's face.
He Yunqi felt that something was wrong, she had seen this person in her previous life, but what he said had changed. In his previous life, he didn't say that the husk of the fairy grass was a spice that could be added to food. What he is saying is that the flower was incarnated by a beautiful goddess in heaven and is a blessing to the people.
He Yunqi was suspicious, but he was even more concerned about this pot of fairy grass. If its husk could really be added to food, wouldn't the He family's medicinal diet be saved? (To be continued......)
PS: The girls should have guessed what the fairy grass is, but here is a word to say, the fairy grass is the rice sac flower. As for what the rice sac flower is, please ask Du Niang~