At this time, crabs are not expensive, and they are still very cheap things.

Zhang Shizheng's "Miscellaneous Records of Tired Travel": "In Nanenzhou, on the coast of Guangdong, there are two crabs for a penny. That is, it is equivalent to two cents and five hairy crabs, compared with the so-called Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs in later generations, it costs dozens, which is really a conscience price.

And "Chunzhu Chronicles": "Heshuoxiong, Ba and Cang, and Di are all soaking, and the frost crab didn't care about money at that time.

Regardless of the money, it means that you can just give some money and take it away.

Then why did later generations always spread Cai Jing's bun luxury?

Actually, this is just like Chen Shimei's story.

Everyone was cheated.

This was first said by Zeng Minxing's "Duxing Magazine": "Cai Yuanchang is a prime minister, and he has hundreds of officials, and he is given excellent money, and the cost is not rich. One day set a meeting of hundreds of people, because of the drink, ordered to make crab roe steamed buns, drink it, the officials roughly calculated its expenses, and the steamed buns blindly cost more than 1,300 yuan. ”

And the time of Cai Jing's appearance is 1102, and the year of birth and death of this Zeng Minxing is 1118-1175 years, that is, if there is no accident in history at this time, this kid was just born one or two years old, and when he can write and draw, don't say much, eighteen years will pass, right? That is, more than thirty or forty years have passed since Cai Jing took crab roe buns to entertain others.

Referring to Cao Yan's distribution of whale meat, it is not difficult to imagine what this has become after so many years.

And there is also a clear contradiction in the above words.

First of all, a treat, who only eats steamed buns when they are treated? And now many of the rules of serving are spread in this era, that is, the main dish first, chicken, duck and fish, and finally the vegetables and pastries, and this pastry should be crab roe buns.

And the biggest possibility is that when someone else is asking the people attending the banquet what they have eaten.

Because the previous ones are all regular recipes, just like when we are asked to eat wine, we like to say the best or most distinctive dish, it is estimated that this crab roe bun is the most distinctive thing of the table dish at that time, so when the people who participated in the banquet were asked, everyone was used to saying that the crab roe bun was good, and then this passed on and passed on, and it became, everyone only ate crab roe buns.

Second, there are hundreds of officials, but the exact number is said to be about 300.

So here comes the simple calculation, what is one thousand three divided by three hundred? The answer is about four times, at that time, it was a kind of cloth, which was about the same price, that is, 2,000 yuan per person, and if there were ten people at a table, then it would be 20,000 yuan.

Compared with later generations, some five-star prices are tens of thousands, and most are hundreds of thousands of tables, which is really not excessive.

This should be black for the future generations for black Cai Jing.

……

……

In fact, Cai Jing's mansion is not far from the location of Cao Yan's house, after all, this is the most prosperous place except for the imperial city.

When I came to Cai Jing Mansion.

There are already a lot of people gathered here.

This is a small alley entrance, which is the location of the side gate of Caifu.

Now it's tightly blocked.

"Cai Xiang is in charge of the political secretary." Luo Ming said to Cao Yan beside him.

It doesn't explain why it's so crowded.

However, Cao Yan understands that these people are all here to go through the door.

Generally, ordinary visits, not people with very high status, others will not open the main door to welcome guests, and can only enter through the side door.

For Cai Xiang, who is already the number one in the department, in addition to raiding the house, he will only open the main door when the few people in front of Da Chu come.

Obviously, the current Cao Yan and Luo Ming are not among them.

When I saw this man, I was almost out of traffic.

"There are so many people here." One of the female examiners said.

"It's nothing, I heard that after the palace test list is released, there are really many people here."

"These people probably want to avoid that time period, right?"

The voices of the girls chatting were quiet, but they were also heard by the people around them.

Suddenly, a few people stared at the girls viciously.

One of them also said in a weird way: "This is as if I didn't come to the door." ”

"Why are you here?"

"Who said we're here to walk the door? We came here for breakfast! ”

"Breakfast? Haha, you guys came to Cai Xiang's house for breakfast? ”

"Haha!" There was a commotion all around.

"Just you?" Those people looked at Cao Yan and his group of scholars dressed up, and they didn't know each other, but who of them was not admitted to the imperial examination?

These old fritters in the officialdom, those powerful people in Beijing, they don't know everything, they can know at least eight or nine layers, and these people are still walking through the side door, so they can even rule out the identity of these people, not the elites.

And judging from the appearance of these girls, although their clothes and fabrics are quite acceptable, but judging from their plain faces and undressed faces, it is estimated that they are not rich and noble.

The only thing that said about the past is the fat man, the fat man in this era is a business card, without that background, you can't even want to be fat.

"If you want to cut the line, just say it, don't make those excuses."

When the others heard this, they hurriedly lined up the line a little tighter.

This queue does not refer to the qualifications to enter Cai Xiang's house, but every day, Cai Xiang's family will come out to collect everyone's name cards once, but when they collect it, they take a bamboo basket out to collect it, how much they collect, and how they collect it all depends on the mood of the little girl.

Therefore, the more you are in the front, the more advantageous it is.

Just bet that if Cai Xiang accidentally sees it, his brain twitches, and he sees that he is pleasing to the eye, then he will be able to soar from now on.

Looking at the tighter alley, Luo Ming and Cao Yan were a little tongue-smacking.

It's just not going to get over it.

"What should I do?" Other girls also felt a headache, which couldn't get over, which meant that the crab roe buns couldn't be eaten.

……

"Let's Jean! The road is blocked, and we are asked how to go back. Then there was a reprimand from the street.

"Alas, it's Steward Cai who has returned."

"Steward Cai, this is the villain's name, please bring Steward Cai into the house." The man handed over a few coupons along with the post.

"Steward Cai, and the villain,"

Suddenly, a crowd of people gathered around.

Hand him a famous post and a coupon.

The one who was called Cai Guanshi, although he looked disgusted, still reached out to pick up other people's things.

There was a burst of excitement in the field.

……

"It's easy to get rich." Cao Yan looked at the enthusiasm around him and smiled.

"After ten days, that's called getting rich, and now there are still fewer people." Luo Ming added.

The two of them did not suppress their voices, so that the people around them suddenly quieted down, and they all turned their heads to look in the direction where the voice came from.

This is really a special cow, it's really not afraid of death! Do you dare to say this?

"Grass! Who wants to ......" The dead word Cai Heiniu didn't dare to say it, because he could see the person who spoke.

Cai Heiniu looked at the two of them with an embarrassed expression.

"Sir, Mr. Luo, are you two here? I didn't see you just now, is there something wrong with it? Cai Heiniu hurriedly trotted over to the two and asked.

Prime Minister Menzi is a seven-grade official, not to mention that he is still a popular steward, so there are at least five or six grades, but this also has to divide people, and Cai Heiniu is really hard for Cao Yan and Luo Ming.

"Is Cai Xiang there?"

"I went to the morning court, I guess I haven't come back yet, do you have something to do with him?"

"No, it's good that he's not here, by the way, is Uncle Cai here?" This went to someone else's house to have breakfast, although Luo Ming is not afraid of thick skin, but it is better not to be caught by the host's family.

"Yes, you're looking for my uncle?"

"Well, it's a little bit of a trifle to find him."

"Then come with me." Then he turned to the people who stood in the way and yelled, "Get out of the way of Lao Tzu......