Ordinary people rejoiced that they had earned an extra three or five Wen, but the soup boss in Qixian Building was worried about how to arrange the night banquet of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Today's Qixian Tower is not the original down-and-out appearance, the gatehouse has been renovated, the columns and railings have been repainted with red paint three times, so bright that they can shine the shadows; The broken carved window lattice has long been replaced with the most popular Ruyi pattern in Beijing, and a string of red lanterns is picked up under the cornices, which is lit up at night and reflects the red and festive square in front of the door. The tables and chairs in the building are re-ordered, all the red lacquered elm, the tables and chairs of the upstairs elegant seats are yellow rosewood, the dishes are made of good porcelain produced by the famous kiln in Jiangzhou, the glaze is crystal clear, it looks quiet and elegant, with the celebrity calligraphy and painting on the wall, the guy in uniform costume, it is pleasing to the eye in the eyes, and in the words of Lao Guo, "high grade".

For Boss Guo, Tang Jie admired him so much, before meeting Boss Guo, his restaurant was on the verge of closing, others looked at him with contempt, and everyone thought he was a loser. Tang Jie put down the teacup in his hand indignantly, and thought with a sneer, but Lao Tzu has a good eye and will seize the opportunity. Boss Guo exchanged 1,000 taels of silver for 30% of the restaurant's shares, and under his guidance, Qixian Lou was thriving, and since then it has been reborn and has become the leader of Huiyefu Restaurant. In the past, the unbridled Xiangar, when he saw himself, he always had to laugh and ridicule a few words, and now he ran to the restaurant to invite himself to drink, and every time he entered the store, his eyes turned like a windmill, looking around and looking around, and his mouth was called humility, and his wine shop did not steal the craft from himself.

Subconsciously turning the teacup in his hand, Tang Jie was a little proud, the original decision to transfer the shares was too wise, not to mention anything else, just through Boss Guo and Master Thorn Shi, this share is cost-effective even if it is given away for nothing. No, yesterday Boss Guo sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that the Mid-Autumn Festival Assassin Shi was going to feast in Qixian Tower, and asked him to carefully prepare five tables of meals.

After becoming the boss of Tang, Tang Jie grew a short beard and looked mature and steady. Thinking that Boss Guo repeatedly told him to make the dinner party well, Tang Jie couldn't sit still, picked up the gold folding fan on the table, and prepared to look around, the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival came to the head of Huiye Mansion, and the reputation of Qixian Lou was spread by their mouths, maybe their peers would come to pick thorns, and they couldn't be careless.

As soon as he came out of the house, several guys passed by with a few flower pots, and the method of placing the flower pots in front of the door to welcome guests was also taught by Boss Guo.

"Be careful, remember to drench in water from time to time, and don't let the flowers wilt." Tang Jie advised. Accidentally scratched by the edge of the basin, Tang Jie patted the silk shirt on his body lovingly, this set of sky blue caftan was bought by Lin Feng's time-honored brand, fifty taels of silver is a bit expensive, but it is quite scraped on the body, the shopkeeper said that the fabric is mixed with the ice silk of the extremely cold land of the Northern Desert, which is cold in summer and mosquitoes do not invade, and it will shine in the light.

The restaurant was cleaned spotlessly, the tables, chairs, and chopsticks will be placed by the little girls of the Salesian orphanage, and they do not need to worry about doing fine things, and the eight pots of flowers in front of the door are placed symmetrically and neatly, the flowers are in full bloom, and they can see the spirit, the red lanterns have been re-customized, and then hang them when the time comes, and the ground should be covered with a red felt carpet, and they almost forgot.

Tang Jie watched and pondered with his hands behind his back, stabbing the history of the banquet, who must have come to the big names in the officialdom and the leading figures in the Huiye Mansion, and this meal will definitely make the business of Qixian Mansion go to the next level. Boss Guo has said more than once that Master Thorn Shi is an expert, and the dishes he cooks are delicious, and he is not worse than the big chef in the building. This chef is a famous chef that Tang Jie spent a lot of energy and money to dig from the capital, and after Jiang Tingshi went to Qixian Tower to eat a few times, he only gave a "acceptable" evaluation of the chef's skills, how to please Jiang Tingshi at the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, this is really a bit embarrassing Boss Tang.

Standing on the second floor facing the street, Tang Jie looked at the traffic on the street with a sad face. A team of colorful flags and long trucks drove in front of him, rushing to the border market outside Xicheng, Tang Jie knew that many merchants from other states knew about the Mid-Autumn Festival in Huiye Prefecture, and they sold at a good price when merchants gathered in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Patting the railing, Tang Jie made up his mind, even if he lost money, he would make a lot of money, and the dishes for the dinner party should be expensive, new, and strange.

Hurriedly came to the kitchen, Tang Jie found the chef Ding Xishan to agree on the recipe, in addition to the common cattle, sheep, donkey fish to prepare, the market can buy some mountain delicacies, in addition to Tang Jie ordered a few treasures from various states: crabs from Yuchun Lake in Renzhou, air-dried preserved duck from Pingzhou, black sea bass from Heishui River in Bingzhou, jerky roe deer meat in the deep mountains of Chenzhou, pine needle ham from Weizhou, and new matsutake mushrooms from Lingzhou.

Chef Ding listened and inhaled the cool air, he was in charge of the imperial capital Hongyun Building, these dishes will be fried, but there are not many opportunities to gather treasures from all over the world on one table, the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner table of sixteen dishes, plus wine and snacks, it is estimated that a hundred taels of silver can not be beaten.

Coming out of the kitchen, Tang Jie asked people to call the store's Mai Mei Lao Liu and asked, "Are the snacks and fruits ready?" ”

Mei Laoliu said with a smile: "Boss, the fruits in our Huazhou are all over the street, I have already said hello to the boss of Guaguo City, and asked them to send things at noon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, to ensure that they are fresh and delicious, and they can't be mistaken." The dim sum is used in the eight small points of Baiweiju, and you can rest assured that the things in his house are naturally assured. ”

Tang Jie said: "Baiweiju's dim sum is okay, but let them send a few more things to make up twelve plates." Although there are many melons and fruits in Aino Prefecture, everyone has eaten them, so they can't all use the common things on the market. When you go to Guaguo City, what else can you see? ”

Mei Laoliu said: "That's a lot, the tangerine, red grapefruit, and water chestnut in the south of the Yangtze River are all in season, and by the way, there is also sugarcane in Miao Village." ”

"Buy some of them all and put them on the table to save face." Tang Jie commanded.

These fruits transported thousands of miles are not cheap, Mei Lao Liu said: "Boss, these things are not cheap, they are not on credit, boss, you have to give me some money as a deposit." ”

Tang Jie glared and shouted: "You ask the shopkeeper for ten points of silver, and let them pick the good ones and send them when they arrive." If the melons and fruits sent are rotten, be careful of your rice bowl. ”

After sending Mei Lao Liu away, Tang Jie thought about it again, called a guy, and asked him to go to the Qinglou for a run. The Assassin may let the courtesans sing and dance to cheer up, and then ask the bustard to send some girls to prepare in advance, so as to save the temporary panic.

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"Zheng Dian" stipulates that internal and external officials have a holiday of Ning, and the Mid-Autumn Festival gives three days off, from the 14th to the 16th.

On the morning of the 14th, a group of people walked out of the back door of the government, but it was Jiang Anyi who took his family out shopping, and observed the people's feelings in the name of it. Jiang Anyi hugged his son, followed by Xinfei, Siyu and Tian Zhi chattered non-stop in the back, Park Tianhao and Chen Ankai acted as guards, and a group of six people walked slowly along the street behind the mansion.

Although he is the highest official in Huazhou, there are not many people who know Jiang Anyi, and Thorn Shi also has two eyes and one mouth, and no one recognizes him when he walks on the street after changing his regular clothes. Jiang Anyi wore a cyan scholar's shirt, holding a child in his arms, and his wife by his side, a typical family of three. If you want to say that it is attention-grabbing, it is because the three women are all outstanding, and they have gained a lot of attention along the way, but as for the history of Jiang Thorn, no one cares.

The security of Huiye Mansion is good, on the 12th, the government government posted an official document, and set up four different markets in Huiye Prefecture, the east market sells food, the west gate juggles, the north gate sells department stores, the south gate gives Hu merchants, and there are large-scale commodity exhibitions and sales in the border market, and there is a livestock trading market outside the west gate. In order to maintain order, Fang Beijia and Hua Sima jointly ordered to send government soldiers and government officials to inspect the streets, and if there were government soldiers or government officials who oppressed the people, they would all be dismissed from their posts and sent to prison for severe punishment. Huazhou's year is good, Jiang Tingshi has increased the salary of the errand servant, plus the reward of the New Year's Festival, the most ordinary errand also has an annual income of seven or eight taels, which is enough to support the family's expenses.

From time to time, there are soap-clothed servants and government soldiers armed with spears patrolling the streets, and there are no gentlemen and ruffians who come to tease, and last night Siyu and Tian Zhi discussed excitedly for half the night, preparing to be a chivalrous woman today to eliminate harm for the people, but the wind and waves were calm and there was no chance to show their skills.

Seeing Siyu pouting and looking uncomfortable, Xin Fei scolded with a smile: "You are all a person who has a family, why are you still like a child." ”

When the news of the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration came out of Huiye Prefecture, people from all villages came to the market to rush to the market, hoping that all small vendors would be exempt from taxes during the festival. Usually, it costs two cents to sell things, but now that it is exempted, it saves two cents, and you can bring a sugar gourd back to the children at home. Besides, there are a lot of things in Huiye Mansion these days, and this year's summer harvest has sold a few pennies more grain, and I took advantage of the holiday to buy things and go back. Those traders and those who walked the rivers and lakes took the opportunity to make money, and some people from neighboring counties took a horse-drawn carriage to join in the fun.

The streets are full of people, cars and horses, and the shops on both sides are lit up, and the shop signs are all clean, repainted in gold and red, revealing the spirit. Although the four markets were placed, the open space on the street was still occupied, fortune tellers, trick performers, candy men, paper-cutting sellers, small merchants carrying stalls along the street beating drums and singing small songs, hawkers with straw sticks full of red flame sugar gourds shouting loudly, melon and fruit merchants pushing carts and pulling all kinds of fruits in hot sweat, little girls carrying small baskets selling osmanthus paste along the street sprinkled the fragrance of flowers, barefoot boys and girls laughed and ran by, chasing their happiness. The entire Aino Mansion exudes a festive atmosphere from the inside out, and it is a prosperous scene.

Siyu's unhappiness was quickly dispelled by the shouts of the shop guys, and he pulled Xinfei and Tian Zhi from here to that with great interest, looking at them one by one, it didn't take long for Park Tianhao and Chen Ankai to carry large and small commodities in their hands, Jiang Anyi held his son in his arms, the three of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly, hiding in the shade of the house and sighing.