Volume 1 Taibai Dawn Chapter 29 Poetry and Wine Take Advantage of the Youth
Cao Yi naturally didn't know that Shen Yan, who was nearby, was almost about to successfully ruin the opening of his restaurant today, but fortunately, he invited Yang Gong, the prefect of Jiangning, to easily resolve it.
At this time, he was leading Lu Lao, Yang Zhifu, and Mad Gong to the West Building, and Cao Yi used the entire West Building to entertain many talented scribes today. Along the way to the third floor, there are naturally many "waiters" of the Drunken Immortal Building, either bowing or shouting to the three elders, "Welcome!" ”
Cao Yi touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed, but he was relieved to think that this was the way of Zuixianlou, and it was the result of his own forced training for a month.
Lu Lao, Mad Gong and Yang Zhifu felt a little new at first, but they were also at ease later. After all, they are all big guys who have been up and down in the sea for a lifetime, and they have never seen any big scenes, so they naturally know that this is just a means for Cao Yi to run a restaurant, but it is also quite peculiar, whether it is the title of "waiter", or the kind of heartfelt smile and greeting they have in the restaurant, which makes the guests who come here to consume feel more cordial and satisfied.
Of course, this also made the three elders feel that they looked up to Cao Yi again, could it be that this eighth prince of the Cao family is really an immortal, his poetry attainments are so profound, but he is still so insightful in the way of business, and his grasp of people's hearts is even more shocking, he is simply a freak. What they absolutely couldn't imagine was that Cao Yi brought them a bigger surprise in the back.
After welcoming the three elders to the top seat and sitting down, Cao Yi stepped forward to express his warm welcome and sincere thanks to everyone present. Inform all of you that all the delicacies and wine that are available for free today will also cause everyone here to cheer loudly. Although there are no reporters in this era, and there is no media as a means of publicity, the various literati and scholars on the scene can be regarded as the uncrowned kings of this era.
If the opening can be turned into a Chongyang event in the Jiangning literary circle, then everyone will more or less write an article to record the event, do a poem or something, if half of it can be widely circulated among relatives and friends, it will all become an advertisement for Zuixianlou, and one by one those who came to cheer today have become the most direct promoters of Zuixianlou.
"Everyone, in fact, how did this Drunken Immortal Building get into the hands of my Cao Yi, I think everyone here knows very well" Before Cao Yi's words fell, everyone present let out a burst of knowing laughter.
"Because of the free gift from the Shen family, this restaurant has to be open, right? In addition, it is more like to eat in the next itself, and there are usually a lot of hunting feet, and I have seen boiling, stewing, roasting, steaming, and other cooking techniques in the Northern Wei Dynasty Jia Sixian's "Qi Min Yaoshu", which is similar to our diet today, but there is a record of fried chicken method in Volume 6 and 59, the original text is "Break the copper bell and stir it, so that the yellow and white are mixed, the green onion is white, the salt rice is added, the soy bean and sesame oil are fried, and it is very fragrant and beautiful." Later, after many experiments with the chef, I finally found a new style, neither boiled, nor fried, but between boiling and frying, I call it fried, this way to make a delicacy, also called stir-frying, the taste is fresh and tender, the juice is thick and delicious, today's Zuixian Lou opening is to prepare this kind of fried cooking dishes for everyone, you can taste. After Cao Yi finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and at this time, many waiters put all kinds of dishes on the table for everyone to taste.
"It is indeed delicious", "the harmony of the five flavors", "the stir-fried food, each has its own flavor; Meat and vegetarian righteousness, all known as classics", "can be called smelling the fragrance and getting off the horse, knowing the taste of parking". Those who have tasted it all opened their mouths to praise, especially Lu Lao's "good color, flavor and shape" has the highest evaluation.
Cao Yi, as the host of this event and the opening of the restaurant, everyone has tasted the food, so he naturally wants to stand up and make a speech. "I want Pangu to open the world, the three lights shine, and all kinds of life compete; Ru Mao drank blood, and the primeval arose; Yan Huang teaches crops, the five grains are abundant, and the descendants are prosperous; drill flint to make fire, nutrition and hygiene; national wisdom soars; The rise of human civilization is actually based on diet. Peng Zu is good at cooking wild pheasant soup, and Yao Shun praises it as jade liquid; Du Kang made the wine of five grains, and the common people regarded it as elixir. Therefore, today's drunken immortal building is a grand event, Jiangning literati gather, talk and laugh, wine and food complement each other, and poetry and wine take advantage of the youth! ”
"Good! A good poem and wine to take advantage of the youth! Yang Zhifu praised him, and the more he looked at Cao Yi, the more satisfied he felt.
And Lu Lao and the madman were muttering at the bottom. "The so-called gentleman is far away from cooking, this is Zhaozheng, and he likes to ponder these small things, which is a bit worrying," Lu Lao sighed softly.
The madman frowned: "Zhaozheng is only fifteen years old now, and it is difficult to say what will become of him in the future, but with his talent, it must be harmless even if he dabbles in some side paths." Look at his poems and songs, all of which are unborn through the ages. Today outside the restaurant to see the drunken fairy building signboard and wine flag, the signboard has a payment, for Yang Gong, Lu Gong you and I He Da three, there are still more than 20 kinds of size of the official script, cursive, block letters, the line of writing of the wine flag. In my opinion, it is quite beautiful and crazy, and some fonts I have never seen before, but looking at the charm of their gestures, it seems to be from the same person......"
Mad Gong paused and continued: "The others dare not be recognized, but judging from the 'Drunken Immortal Building' wine flag written in cursive one of them, it should be written by Zhao Zheng......
Speaking of this, Mad Gong and Lu Gong both looked shocked and looked at each other.
"It's hard to ...... Could it be all Cao Yi...... Cao Zhaozheng's book! Lu Lao was shocked and called out Cao Yi's name, which showed that he was shocked in his heart.
"......" The madman opened his mouth to say something, but he was silent for a while...... The above remarks were just whispered between the two, but outsiders did not know about it.
"Zhaozheng Xiaoyou, the words 'Drunken Immortal Building' on the wine flag outside here are all written by you?" The madman has a dissolute personality, and when he has doubts, he naturally asks directly.
Cao Yi suddenly heard the madman's question, and before he could think about it, he nodded and answered yes.
The scene erupted in a huge exclamation. First, the madman called Cao Yi Xiaoyou, indicating that the two were in the same generation, and the madman recognized Cao Yi's talent or personality very much, which was what amazed everyone. Second, all of you are full of poetry and books, full of knowledge, for calligraphy is naturally no stranger, there are talented people who have discussed and talked with each other before, the calligraphy font style on the wine flag is very different, there are many genres, when it is the handwriting of many famous calligraphers in the world, at this time I heard Cao Yi personally admit that he was a book, which was shocking, beyond words. I have to marvel at Cao Yi's degree of evil, if he is really a genius of immortals, the two are combined, and the exclamations are endless.
This caught Cao Yi a little off guard, seeing that the discussion on the scene was intensifying, Cao Yi cleared his throat and said loudly: "Everyone, in addition to 'Taibai Drunk' today, Drunken Immortal Building has specially prepared another famous wine-Qinglian Wine, which is better than Taibai Drunk, but because it is too precious and the production is insufficient, it can only be supplied in limited quantities, so you can taste it slowly." Then let the "waiters" each serve a small pot.
Drinking wine, on the delicacies, but also a great blessing in life, when the heart is relaxed, suddenly from the stairs up a person, dressed in a light pink dress, long and dragged to the ground, thin waist with cloud belt constraints, but also show a grip, a seven-treasure coral hairpin between the hair, reflecting the face like a hibiscus. The face is extremely gorgeous, a pair of phoenix eyes are charming, a green silk combed into a Chinese bun, beautiful and graceful, the ornaments on the hairpin are as bright as snow, the stars are flashing in the hair, the guqin lotus moves forward, at this time there is already a waiter to put a good table, and offer the guqin.
"It's the mystery everyone", "It's the fish mystery of Jinfeng Building", "The fish mystery is about to be performed" This kind of voice comes and goes, obviously they all recognize the fish mystery.
Yu Xuanji was slightly blessed and sat down gracefully. The jade hand is lightly raised, revealing the slender and white jade fingers, touching the surface of the piano, condensing and pondering, the jade hand lightly picks the silver strings, and the hands are plucked on the guqin, the sound of the piano sounded in vain, and the wonderful and agile sound of the piano flows from between the fingers, and the coupon comes, like the flowing water of the mountains, bubbling charm...... Opened his lips and sang.