Chapter 121 Hu Shang
Yang Yun's restaurant is about to open.
The time is set for August 29.
He found someone to carve the plaque of "Drunken Immortal Building" in advance, wrapped it in red cloth, and hung it on the lintel the night before, and found a red cloth to hang it everywhere in the restaurant, looking jubilant.
The only regret that Yang Yun has been busy making furniture, training cooks and other preparations before the opening in the past few days, and has not made firecrackers, making today's Zuixian Building not as lively as when Chengdu Shenxian Building opened.
Yang Yun asked He Wuliu to bring the guys in the shop in advance, as well as the Cao Gang brothers who were temporarily invited to help, to distribute "leaflets" in Shanglinfang and the surrounding Wenluo, Tongluo, Shiyong and other workshops.
The form of advertising had not yet appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Yun deliberately exaggerated the festive atmosphere at the opening, proposing today's free wine and food delivery activity to add gimmicks to the opening of the new store.
As soon as the time passed, Yang Yun asked the shop guys to beat gongs and drums at the door, attracting a large number of people to watch, and when Yang Yun personally went up the ladder to uncover the red cloth, revealing the signboard of "Drunken Immortal Building", he immediately drummed and made noise, and the onlookers felt that this way of opening was very novel, and they all turned their heads and ears, and some people pointed to the plaque and whispered.
Yang Yun personally struck the gong, walked around the open space in front of the store, and said: "Today's guests who patronize the small shop will give each person a pot of fine wine and two dishes of side dishes...... Seats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served ......"
Yang Yun's voice was very loud, and the onlookers could basically hear it, but no one stepped forward to answer.
Rich and noble people will not covet this little bargain, and the people of Shengdou are afraid of being deceived, so they dare not enter the restaurant to consume, or there are ruffians who want to enter the store to make trouble.
The audience of the restaurant is the "middle class" of Luoyang City, as well as merchants from the north and south, but these people often don't like to join in the fun, so there was a cold scene for a while.
"Eat and drink for nothing, and you don't want to go into the store to taste it?" Yang Yun asked with a smile.
The crowd of onlookers expressed disbelief.
"Liar, huh?"
"Tricks to play tricks, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out if you go in!"
The onlookers didn't believe it, and after listening to a few words from others, no one tried it.
At this moment, three people squeezed out of the crowd......
But said that these three people are very special, the one who walked in front was a seven-foot-tall man, not yet in September, he had put on a fox fur coat, as if he was very afraid of the cold, in this era can only be described as "Hao", this dress is the basic configuration of the local tyrant in winter.
This man's appearance and dress are very different from those of the Central Plains, with thick eyebrows and blue eyes, a rough appearance, two mustaches on his lips, and a goatee on his chin.
The man was followed by two sturdy men with knives on their waists and nine feet tall, and what was surprising was that these two men were not yellow at first glance, with dark skin and a mouthful of snow-white teeth when they grinned, which was an extremely rare "Kunlun slave".
During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao periods, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was incomparable, and the coming of the four seas made the Tang Dynasty have unusually frequent exchanges with neighboring countries.
As the eastern capital, Luoyang is politically, economically and culturally comparable to the capital Chang'an, where there are many merchants from the south to the north, and Hu merchants from the Western Regions, Tibet or the northern grasslands abound, and the society is extremely tolerant of the existence of Hu merchants.
As the tribute and cross-border trade of Fanbang continued, people of different skins, languages, and races came to Datang, and people of different skin colors could often be seen in the streets and alleys of Luoyang City.
Brown people from South Asia, or black Africans who were trafficked to the Tang Dynasty by the Persians, are known for their diligence and hard work, and the world calls them "Kunlun slaves".
In the upper class of Chang'an and Luoyang, there is a popular phrase called "Kunlun slave, Silla maid", Kunlun slave does not mention, Silla maid is a maid from the Korean Peninsula, known for being well-behaved and lovely, hard-working, and the two are very popular among the magnates of the Tang Dynasty.
In front of Yang Yun, it was obvious that Hu Shang came to watch the excitement with black servants.
"Little brother, you said you would give us food and drink for nothing? Not to mention a pot of wine for one person, but also to send two dishes? As soon as Hu Shang spoke, his accent was very different from the Central Plains dialect, just like the Westerners of later generations who learned half-hung Chinese, and could not achieve the correct and round words.
Yang Yun smiled: "Exactly." ”
Hu Shang was very happy, with cunning in his eyes, as if the conspiracy had succeeded, he pointed to the two Kunlun slaves behind him, and said, "Is there everyone who has it?" Then if I bring two people, I can get three copies...... Right? ”
Yang Yun understood at a glance that this Hu businessman not only picked up cheap, but also liked to be clever, but this was exactly the effect he wanted to achieve.
"That's right, if you take them in, they will be served three jugs of wine and six side dishes." Yang Yundao.
Hu Shang did not have as many worries as the people of the Central Plains, knowing that he could eat and drink for nothing, in line with the principle of being a fool not to take advantage of, he immediately stepped forward and said in his mouth: "Look at your signboard, even the gods can get drunk, you can really brag, watch me expose your lies...... I'll go in and have a taste. ”
As Hu Shang brought two Kunlun slaves into the restaurant, the onlookers were ready to move...... Even the Hu people are entertained, why don't you go in to take advantage of it?
"Time is limited, first come, first served, miss this village without this store."
Yang Yun said hello outside, but no one entered the store, so he asked He Wuliu to greet the people watching the excitement outside, and he turned around and entered the restaurant.
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The first floor of the Zuixian Building is very bright, and the staircase up the stairs is located in the innermost part of the lobby, built against the wall, and the staircase is where the counter is.
Hu Shang didn't sit down in a hurry, looked around, and said with a smile: "Not bad, the layout here is very interesting, it is all a combination of raised Hu tables and Hu stools, each table can seat up to eight people, so that you don't have to bend over and kneel so awkward when eating......"
Yang Yun made a gesture of please: "Please take a seat." ”
Hu Shang didn't go up to the second floor, he walked directly to the table by the window, sat down, and the two Kunlun slaves stood behind him.
"Serve the wine, serve the food."
Hu Shang shouted.
Yang Yun greeted the guy, and the guy immediately passed the word to the back kitchen, and after a while, a guy held a wooden tray and put six dishes and three pots of wine on the table.
The wine jug is a two-tael kind, and the dish can imagine the kind of small dish when dining in Korea and Japan in later generations, and the wine pot is filled with the high wine brewed by Yang Yun, and the dish is the lard stir-fry that Yang Yun specially taught the kitchen to make in the past two days.
Hu Shang frowned: "It's too picky, just give it like this?" These three pots of wine are one pot in one sip, and the dish is gone with two chopsticks...... How can you get drunk with immortals? ”
But he also knew that it was given away for free, so he didn't say anything more after complaining, poured his own wine, drank a sip, and spit it out without waiting for swallowing, fanned the wind with his hand to his mouth, and sighed again and again: "It's so spicy, it won't be poisonous, right?" Shopkeeper, do you want to poison me? ”
The two Kunlun slaves couldn't understand Hu Shang's Central Plains dialect, but they observed the words and looks, and immediately made a desperate posture with Yang Yun, and reached out to draw their swords.
Hu Shang hurriedly raised his hand, drank in a language that Yang Yun didn't understand, and then looked at Yang Yun and said, "This wine...... It's completely different from what you usually drink, and it tastes like ...... Too mellow? ”
Yang Yun smiled: "If not, how can you get drunk and fall into the immortals?" ”
Hu Shang was stunned, thinking that he always used the word "drunken immortal" to entertain Yang Yun, smiled embarrassedly, and when he picked up the wine glass again, he no longer took a sip of it, but used the wine pot to fill it and tasted it in small sips, and quickly picked up the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, originally he didn't take the six dishes seriously, and when he took a bite of lard fried cabbage, his eyebrows unconsciously raised, obviously this stir-fried dish tasted completely different from any dish he had eaten before.
"Hurry up and eat, there will be people coming in and tasting it later, don't take up other people's places." Yang Yun saw that Hu Shang had been moved by the wine and dishes, and urged with a smile.
Hu Shang no longer talked to Yang Yun, drank wine and ate vegetables, his mouth was not idle, and the three-person gifts that seemed to be of a lot of weight were solved by him three times and five divided by two, his face was full of redness, and he touched his stomach comfortably, and said: "It's not half full, bring some more." ”
Yang Yun said: "According to the rules, one copy per person should be shared by the three of you, and it has broken the rules for me to let you eat them all, how can you give it again?" Someone, send off! ”
He Wuliu said at the door that no guests came in for a long time, and when he heard Yang Yun's greeting, he hurried in, and pulled Hu Shang to get up, while the two Kunlun slaves glared at He Wuliu with hostile eyes.
"I buy it, how much money, I'll give it." Hu Shang was also anxious, he had never enjoyed such a delicious taste in his life, how could he give up if he had not enjoyed himself?
Yang Yun said: "Today only give away not for sale, if you want to buy, please be early tomorrow, send off!" ”
Hu Shang was almost about to scold, and under the push of He Wuliu and a few guys, he staggered out of the gate of the Drunken Immortal Building with two useless Kunlun slaves, like a shrew with one hand and pointed to the signboard: "What Drunken Immortal Building, didn't get me drunk...... ...... vomit"
The words are too full, how to say that there are six taels of three pots of wine, and the high wine of six taels is too great for people who have never drunk it, and Hu Shang, who boasted that he was not drunk with a thousand cups, had a swoop in his throat, and he wanted to lean over and vomit.
Fortunately, Yang Yun had already noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly applied it to Hu Shang with the force of the air, Hu Shang originally wanted to bend down and spit on the ground in front of him, but for some reason his waist was stiff, he couldn't move, and the dirt came out of his mouth and sprinkled all over his clothes.
"Hahaha......"
When the onlookers saw this scene, they burst into laughter.
The invincible Hu Shang entered the Drunken Immortal Building, and somehow came out like this, which is much more fun than watching a play.
Yang Yun rang the gong again and said loudly: "This benevolent brother from a foreign country is not self-sufficient, one person has drunk three portions of wine, and has become like this, who else wants to come in and taste the wine and food?" ”
"I'm coming!"
This time, there was finally a good deed, and he volunteered.
As someone acted as the first bird, a few people immediately jumped out of the crowd of onlookers, rushing to the door of the restaurant.
He Wuliu shouted loudly: "Don't worry, don't worry, there is one who comes first and then comes." ”
Yang Yun came out to maintain order: "Come one by one, line up to enter, if the seats are full, you have to wait, a total of 100 people will be given out at noon today, while supplies last." ”
Hu Shang served as an example for the onlookers, and when they saw that there was indeed a free supply of food and drink, many people entered the store to look fresh.
Drunken Immortal Building suddenly became lively, and the first group of people to go came out after eating wine and food, in line with the principle of eating people with short mouths, they couldn't help but help Yang Yun's new store to do publicity, in their minds, this free wine and food is indeed a delicacy.
"Confused, I really don't know how to do business...... How can such a good thing be given away for nothing? I don't even give money, what a fool! After the Hu merchant vomited at the corner of the street, he still refused to leave, standing across the street and chattering towards the drunken immortal building, and he was drunk.